Scott Ikeda, Senior Correspondent at CPO Magazine

Small Adtech Firms Facing High Costs From Google Privacy Sandbox Implementation

September 19, 2024

Google's Privacy Sandbox has already attracted the attention of antitrust regulators in both the US and UK, with fears of it increasing the company's dominance in adtech. The price is climbing steeply due to delays, and smaller adtech outfits are struggling to keep up.

The White House in Washington DC showing cybersecurity checklist for election infrastructure

Cyber Security News

CISA’s Cybersecurity Checklist for Election Infrastructure Covers Standard Preventive Measures

September 17, 2024

CISA has released a new cybersecurity checklist as a primer for an expected uptick in hacking ahead of the 2024 presidential election, composed of just four pages of information that does not pack any surprises.

Dallas downtown showing patient privacy and medical records

Data Privacy News

Texas Tests Federal Patient Privacy Rule With Lawsuit Over Abortion Medical Records

September 17, 2024

The Texas AG's office is challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in court, looking to peel back a patient privacy amendment to HIPAA that protects out-of-state medical records about abortions.

Russian hacker against digitally generated Russian flag showing cyber attacks on critical infrastructure

Cyber Security News

New CISA Report Ties Recent Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure to Russian Intelligence Unit

September 13, 2024

Unit 29155's actions since 2020 include cyber attacks on a number of federal agencies and critical infrastructure companies in a variety of countries. But the group seems to have switched most of its focus to Ukraine in the weeks prior to the 2022 military invasion.

Red open padlock showing Disney data breach

Cyber Security News

July’s Disney Data Breach Included Financial and Strategy Secrets, Cruise Passenger and Staff PII

September 12, 2024

Further review of the information leaked in the recent Disney data breach has turned up sensitive and detailed financial and business strategy information, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

Judge's hammer gavel showing GDPR fine for facial recognition database

Data Protection News

Dutch Regulator Hits Clearview AI With Large GDPR Fine for Illegal Facial Recognition Database

September 10, 2024

Despite formally pulling out of the EU market, Clearview AI continues to face legal difficulties as its facial recognition database has drawn a €30.5 million ($33.7 million) GDPR fine from the Dutch data protection agency.

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Cyber Security News

White House Addresses Internet Routing Vulnerabilities With BGP Security Protocol

September 9, 2024

A new strategy report from the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is addressing some established issues with internet routing security. The BGP security plan calls for adoption of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI).

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Cyber Security News

DOJ Audit Criticizes FBI Data Handling; Storage Media and Document Disposal Practices Exposing Sensitive Information

September 3, 2024

The FBI's data handling practices were sharply criticized during a recent DOJ audit, with the OIG noting that the agency is failing to adequately control its storage media and that its disposal methods are potentially exposing sensitive and classified information.

Data Protection News

Meta, Spotify Say EU AI Regulations Will Put The Region Behind Competitively

September 3, 2024

The CEOs of the two companies cited the EU's "inconsistent" and "fragmented" AI regulations as the central reason for the delays in rollout of products to European customers and developers. Meta paused the release of new AI models in the EU in June.

Data Protection News

Dutch Privacy Watchdog Fines Uber Over International Transfer of Driver Data

September 2, 2024

The Dutch privacy watchdog has hit Uber with a considerable fine for sending EU driver data overseas. The Netherlands' Data Protection Authority (DPA) is fining Uber €290 million, or about $324 million.

Small Adtech Firms Facing High Costs From Google Privacy Sandbox Implementation

CISA’s Cybersecurity Checklist for Election Infrastructure Covers Standard Preventive Measures

Texas Tests Federal Patient Privacy Rule With Lawsuit Over Abortion Medical Records

New CISA Report Ties Recent Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure to Russian Intelligence Unit

July’s Disney Data Breach Included Financial and Strategy Secrets, Cruise Passenger and Staff PII

White House Addresses Internet Routing Vulnerabilities With BGP Security Protocol

DOJ Audit Criticizes FBI Data Handling; Storage Media and Document Disposal Practices Exposing Sensitive Information

Meta, Spotify Say EU AI Regulations Will Put The Region Behind Competitively

Dutch Privacy Watchdog Fines Uber Over International Transfer of Driver Data

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