Our Santa wishlist: Stronger identity security for kids
The personal information of children is leaked by trusted institutions which can lead to identity fraud and identity theft
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5 million payment card details stolen in painful reminder to monitor Christmas spending
An online repository of screenshots where victims filled out their payment card details online was publicly accessible.
Read moreA day in the life of a privacy pro, with Ron de Jesus (Lock and Code S05E26)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Ron de Jesus about the work of achieving user privacy while balancing company goals.
Read more4.8 million healthcare records left freely accessible
Care1, a Canadian healthcare solutions provider left a cloud storage instance freely accessible and unencrypted for anyone to find.
Read moreData brokers should stop trading health and location data, new bill proposes
Senators introduced a bill to stop data brokers from trading in health and location data and enable the FTC to enforce the new rules
Read moreTikTok ban in US: Company seeks emergency injunction to prevent it
TikTok has requested an emergency injunction to stop or postpone the planned ban on the platform in the US.
Read moreEncrypted messaging service intercepted, 2.3 million messages read by law enforcement
Authorities were able to intercept the Matrix messaging service’s traffic and monitor criminal activity for three months.
Read moreEuropol takes down criminal data hub Manson Market in busy month for law enforcement
Two operators and 50 servers that were behind an online marketplace where criminals could buy stolen data have been seized
Read moreAmericans urged to use encrypted messaging after large, ongoing cyberattack
US telecom providers have been infiltrated to a worrying level by an APT group. The advice is to use encrypted messaging.
Read moreAI chatbot provider exposes 346,000 customer files, including ID documents, resumes, and medical records
AI chatbot provider WotNot left a cloud storage bucket exposed that contained almost 350,000 files, including personally identifiable information.
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