Scott Ikeda, Senior Correspondent at CPO Magazine

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LinkedIn Gets €310 Million GDPR Fine for Ad Tracking

October 28, 2024

Business and employment networking giant LinkedIn is being hit with a big GDPR fine for failure to obtain sufficiently informed consent for ad tracking, and for not having a valid basis for its processing of first party personal data for this purpose.

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Pokémon Developer Game Freak’s Data Breach Includes Thousands of Employee Records, Internal Nintendo Secrets

October 24, 2024

The Pokémon developer has confirmed that a data breach took place about two months ago and was the result of illegal access to the company's internal network, spilling internal secrets and some employee contact information.

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Mandiant: 70% of Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023 Were Zero-Days

October 23, 2024

A new report from Mandiant indicates that 70% of 2023's total of 138 exploited vulnerabilities were zero-days when first used, with the average time-to-exploit (TTE) dropping drastically from 32 days to just five.

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Cyber Security News

Chinese Researchers Use Quantum Computer to Crack RSA Encryption

October 21, 2024

Researchers at Shanghai University used the D-Wave quantum computer to demonstrate decryption of a working RSA public key. The incident does demonstrate that the timeline to crack encryption that is not quantum-resistant, something that many feel is still at least 10 years off, may be shorter than expected.

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How to Choose a Roof Covering: The Most Popular Options For Your House

October 18, 2024

The top of any house, its roof, not only protects its inhabitants from bad weather and external influences but also sets the tone for the entire architectural composition.

Hands on keyboard showing data breach of Internet Archive

Cyber Security News

Internet Archive Data Breach Compromises Credentials, Pro-Palestinian Hacktivist Group Claims Credit for Follow-Up DDoS Campaign

October 17, 2024

The Internet Archive has been under heavy attack in the past week, suffering both a major data breach and a series of potent DDoS attacks that have taken it offline.

Hacker in working showing malware attack on air-gapped systems

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Suspected State-Backed APT Group Compromised Air-Gapped Systems in European Government With Custom Malware Attack

October 16, 2024

A new research report from ESET finds that the "GoldenJackal" advanced persistent threat group has the capability to compromise air-gapped systems, and has been deploying it in Europe since at least 2022.

Dollars on keyboard showing cyber claims from data and privacy breaches

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Allianz: Big Jump in Large Cyber Claims Due to Data and Privacy Breaches

October 16, 2024

Numbers drawn from Allianz internal customer data show a 17% increase in the value of cyber claims and a 14% increase in frequency during this period. The central driver is class action lawsuits connected to data and privacy breaches.

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Data Protection News

Irish DPC Investigating Ryanair’s Use of Facial Recognition

October 14, 2024

The Irish DPC has opened an EU-wide investigation into the EU's biggest budget carrier, questioning whether its use of facial recognition to verify the identities of passengers that booked through third-party sites is compliant with GDPR terms.

China flag on micro chip showing Chinese hackers breached US telecoms

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Chinese Hackers Penetrated Major US Telecoms, May Have Breached Federal Surveillance System

October 14, 2024

Chinese hackers may have had illicit access to a federal surveillance system for months before being discovered and rousted. The access was apparently gained by compromising US telecoms Verizon and AT&T.

Pokémon Developer Game Freak’s Data Breach Includes Thousands of Employee Records, Internal Nintendo Secrets

Mandiant: 70% of Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023 Were Zero-Days

Chinese Researchers Use Quantum Computer to Crack RSA Encryption

How to Choose a Roof Covering: The Most Popular Options For Your House

Internet Archive Data Breach Compromises Credentials, Pro-Palestinian Hacktivist Group Claims Credit for Follow-Up DDoS Campaign

Suspected State-Backed APT Group Compromised Air-Gapped Systems in European Government With Custom Malware Attack

Allianz: Big Jump in Large Cyber Claims Due to Data and Privacy Breaches

Irish DPC Investigating Ryanair’s Use of Facial Recognition

Chinese Hackers Penetrated Major US Telecoms, May Have Breached Federal Surveillance System

ASOS Data Breach Led to Customers Receiving Unauthorized Push Notifications

Wikimedia: Rogue AI Agents Traced Back to OpenAI Made Unauthorized Edits, Attempted to Compromise Etherpad

A Wave of AI-Powered Cyber Attacks Hits Numerous South Korean Banks, Exposing Sensitive PII

Hackers Abuse Custom GPT Instances on chatgpt.com to Distribute ClickFix Malware