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Blizzard of EU Regulation Triggers Changes at Meta, Company Will Now Obtain User Consent Before Serving Targeted Ads

August 16, 2023

Since the GDPR went into effect in 2018, Meta has done nearly everything possible to claim legitimate interest to avoid user consent for collecting personal information for targeted ads. The company appears to have finally reached the end of its rope in this area, though a recently announced changeover to a consent basis.

Businessman talking to team of colleagues on online video conference showing Zoom AI data collection

Data Privacy News

Zoom AI Data Collection Catching Users by Surprise, May Face Regulatory Action in EU

August 14, 2023

Zoom's plan for AI data collection is apparently to scrape it from internal customer activity. The March TOS update changed the platform terms to announce that Zoom reserved the right to use platform video, audio and chat content to train AI models.

Digital yuan gold coin over yuan banknotes showing PBOC privacy protection for CBDC

Data Privacy News

Privacy Protection Coming for Digital Yuan? PBOC Promises “Respect” for Personal Information

August 17, 2022

Reasonable anonymous transactions have been proposed for the digital yuan, which is currently in testing in multiple regions of the country. PBOC officials have also promised to deliver the best privacy protection, though questions remain.

Data Privacy News

U.S. Protests Have Caused Tech Giants to Rethink Sales of Facial Recognition Technology to Police

June 24, 2020

U.S. protests of police brutality have caused Amazon, Microsoft and IBM to temporarily cease selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies.

Opened digital padlock showing ransomware attack caused system outage

Cyber Security News

System Outage From an Apparent Interlock Ransomware Attack Disrupts Operations at Kettering Health

May 30, 2025

A system outage stemming from an apparent ransomware attack disrupted clinical operations at Kettering Health, forcing the healthcare network to cancel and reschedule elective operations.

Hacker in glasses breaking code showing MOVEit data breach

Cyber Security News

Flagstar Bank Suffers a MOVEit Data Breach Impacting Over 800,000 Customers

October 18, 2023

Flagstar Bank suffered a MOVEit data breach via a third-party payment processor and mobile banking services provider, impacting over 800,000 customers in the US.

LastPass password manager icon in mobile phone showing security breach of customer data

Cyber Security News

Second LastPass Security Breach in 2022 Exposed Customer Data, Company Admits

December 6, 2022

Password manager LastPass notified its customers of a second security breach in 2022, with the threat actor accessing customer data stored on a shared cloud service.

Closeup of a Falcon 9 booster rocket at SpaceX showing LockBit ransomware breached third party vendor

Cyber Security News

SpaceX Third Party Vendor Hit by LockBit Ransomware, Gang Claims That It Stole Engineering Schematics

March 20, 2023

The LockBit ransomware group claims that it was able to penetrate SpaceX via a third party vendor, and is holding some 3,000 engineering design documents that it is threatening to sell.

California State Capitol building showing data brokers and personal data

Data Protection News

New California Personal Data Bill Grants State Citizens the Right to Have PII Deleted by Data Brokers

October 17, 2023

The Delete Act (SB 362) expands an existing right under California state law to have personal data deleted, but streamlines the process so that one request will be sent to all data brokers.

Cyber Security News

Brand Impersonation Phishing Scams by a Chinese Threat Actor Employs 42,000 Domains

November 23, 2022

Phishing scams by a Chinese threat actor ‘Fangxiao’ employs over 42,000 brand impersonation domains to earn advertising revenue and spread malware via WhatsApp messages.

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Zoom AI Data Collection Catching Users by Surprise, May Face Regulatory Action in EU

Privacy Protection Coming for Digital Yuan? PBOC Promises “Respect” for Personal Information

U.S. Protests Have Caused Tech Giants to Rethink Sales of Facial Recognition Technology to Police

System Outage From an Apparent Interlock Ransomware Attack Disrupts Operations at Kettering Health

Flagstar Bank Suffers a MOVEit Data Breach Impacting Over 800,000 Customers

Second LastPass Security Breach in 2022 Exposed Customer Data, Company Admits

SpaceX Third Party Vendor Hit by LockBit Ransomware, Gang Claims That It Stole Engineering Schematics

New California Personal Data Bill Grants State Citizens the Right to Have PII Deleted by Data Brokers

Brand Impersonation Phishing Scams by a Chinese Threat Actor Employs 42,000 Domains

Self-Propagating Malware ChainDrop Hits Over 400 NPM Packages in Massive Supply Chain Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos