Potential Privacy Lapse Found in Americans’ 2010 Census Data
An internal team at the Census Bureau found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 head count...
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Congress wants Facebook to explain why closed groups leaked user data
Members of the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee wrote Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today demanding answers from the exec and its...
OAIC under fire for long review wait times following Notifiable Data Breaches scheme
(Image: APH) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is charged with a handful of functions covering privacy, freedom of information (FOI), and...
Cybercrime / Fraud & Identity Theft / Incident Response / Malware / Management & Strategy / NEWS & INDUSTRY
Wendy’s Reaches $50 Million Settlement With Banks Over Data Breach
US fast food restaurant chain Wendy’s announced recently that it has reached a settlement with the thousands of financial institutions impacted by the data...
Parenting website Mumsnet hit by data breach after glitch in software
A London-based parenting advice website Mumsnet has been hit by a data breach that allowed thousands of its users to see other’s account personal...
14.8 million 500px users’ data stolen
500px, an online photography community suffering a massive data breach that leaked 14.8 million users personal information by cybercriminals. 500px global network for photographers...
Centre to seek counsel on the removal of UID data of children opting-out of Aadhaar
on Friday, February 15, 2019 | On the subject of the deletion of biometric data of children who decide to withdraw their Aadhaar details...
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Facebook Taps User Data to Defend Workers From Threat
Facebook gathers intelligence from its platform to identify people who threaten the firm or its workers, the social network said Thursday in response to...
6,500 Publicly Disclosed Data Breaches in 2018: Report
More than 5 billion records were exposed last year through 6,515 publicly disclosed data breaches, according to a new report from Risk Based Security. ...
Astaroth- The Tojan That Abuses Anti-Virus Software To Steal Data
on Thursday, February 14, 2019 | A new Trojan has surfaced which disguises itself as GIF and image files and tries to exploit the...