Privacy advocate groups allege that UK Test and Trace rushed the process and did not conduct the necessary data protection impact assessment that the GDPR requires for collection of personal data on this sort of scale. Read More
Source code leak of software belonging to over 50 high profile companies was made available online due to misconfiguration of their software development platforms. Read More
In line with the Trump administration's recent overtures toward a nationwide TikTok ban, the new bill if passed would ban TikTok on all devices throughout the US government. Read More
"Meow" cyber attack seeks out unsecured databases and simply wipes them out without seeking either fame or material gain, as a form of activism or perhaps just for fun. Read More
NSA and CISA issues joint report warning of cyber threats from state-sponsored actors targeting critical infrastructure, directing owners and operators to take immediate actions. Read More
Much-needed EDPB guidance on the Schrems II judgment has been released and the picture looks about as grim as possible for impacted companies thus far. Read More
Telecom Argentina, the largest telecommunications company in the country, was hit by ransomware attack involving the REvil ransomware group who is demanding $7.5 million. Read More
New discovery of over 142 million guest credentials on the dark web expands the scope of the 2019 MGM data breach and appears to confirm that a number of MGM Resorts properties were affected. Read More
Ransomware attack on Garmin services left users unable to sync data on runs and rides, and affected pilots who were unable to download Garmin's aviation database or to access Garmin Pilot app for flight scheduling. Read More
Biometric privacy lawsuit names Amazon, Google parent company Alphabet and Microsoft as violators of BIPA for their use of IBM's facial recognition database to train their own facial recognition systems. Read More
