The Swedish DPA issues 18,700 euro fine against the National Government Service Centre
The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes an administrative fine of 200,000 Swedish kronor (approximately 18,700 euro) on the National Government […]
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Nintendo Accounts Hacked with Security Breach
Nintendo recently announced in a press release (originally published in Japanese) that ID and password information for Nintendo Network IDs […]
Privacy experts reviewed popular video-chat apps
Researchers looked at 15 video chat apps — Zoom, Google Hangouts, FaceTime, Jitsi Meet, Skype, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Signal, Microsoft […]
GDPR Compliance Site Leaks Git Data, Passwords
Researchers discovered a .git folder exposing passwords and more for a website that gives advice to organizations about complying with […]
Insurance Client Sues Small Law Firm $1.5M for data Breach
Warden Grier, a small four-person law firm, is being sued by it’s client – Chicago based insurance company Hiscox Insurance […]
Germany switches sides in privacy contact tracing solution backing Apple and Google
Germany appears to have undertaken a volte-face in the approach it takes to combine privacy and contact tracing, supporting an […]
Aggregated data provides a false sense of security
Accessing personal data comes at a risk to privacy, and there are many unfortunate examples of harm coming to individuals […]
NSA shares list of vulnerabilities commonly exploited to plant web shells
The US National Security Agency (NSA) and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) have published a security advisory this week warning […]
Apple iPhone mail app vulnerable to hacking
Apple’s built-in iPhone email app has a major security flaw, according to new research, allowing hackers to exploit an iPhone […]
UniCredit Hackers Try to Sell Employee Data on Cyber-Crime Forums
Data on about 3,000 UniCredit SpA employees was put up for sale on cyber-crime forums after a hacking attack. The […]
267 Million Facebook Identities on sale for 500 Euros
One of the threat actors have dropped an online bomb by dropping the identities of 267 Million Facebook Users for […]
The EDPB Responds to the European Commission’s Recommendation on COVID-19 Mobile Apps
On April 14, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) published a letter in response to the European Commission’s […]