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Negotiations fail, threat actors dump more data from Metropolitan Police D.C.
Hackers stole more than 250 GB of data from Metropolitan Police D.C. Now they are threating to dump the data in public as negotiations fail.
TikTok to address privacy and security concerns via transparency centre
Video-sharing app TikTok says it plans to launch a European Transparency and Accountability Centre.
Trump Justice Department seized journalists’ phone records
The action grew out of a leak investigation surrounding reporting on Russia’s role in the 2016 election.
Data leak implicates over 200,000 people in Amazon fake product review scam
An open database has revealed the identities of over 200,000 individuals who appear to be involved in Amazon fake product review schemes. Names, email addresses, and PayPal details were exposed and left online.
Twitter’s Tip Jar Privacy Fiasco Was Entirely Avoidable
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
Microsoft to Store and Process EU Data in the EU
If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, Microsoft will enable you to process and store all data in the EU.
Testing Apple’s Airtag’s privacy features
While AirTags are explicitly intended for items only, Apple has added safeguards to cut down on unwanted tracking.
Scammer Used Fake Court Order to Take Over Dark Web Drug Market Directory
Dark.fail includes links to dark web markets. A scammer tricked a domain registrar into transferring ownership of the domain with a fake document.
Portuguese CNPD suspends transfers of Census 2021 data to the U.S.
Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD) issued a decision ordering the suspension, within 12 hours, of any transfer of personal data resulting from the Census 2021 to the US, or to other third countries outside the EU not ensuring an adequate level of protection for the data
Only 8% of businesses that paid a ransom got all of their data back
The average total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, the average ransom paid is $170,404.
100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last
The Name:Wreck flaws in TCP/IP are the latest in a series of vulnerabilities with global implications.