With Quantcast tracking nearly 100 million websites, it’s no surprise that Adtech giants are facing GDPR regulatory scrutiny on breach of privacy based on the way they process and aggregate personal data about users.
Real time bidding is facing a smattering of privacy complaints in the EU based on a lack of required consumer consent under the terms of the GDPR.
Aeroflot canceled 54 of its 260 scheduled flights for the day due to the cyber attack, and an undetermined number of others experienced some amount of delay. 22 outbound flights from Moscow were subsequently canceled the following day, along with 31 incoming flights operated by subsidiary Rossiya Airlines.
After its infrastructure went offline in October, there was widespread speculation that the REvil ransomware group was done for good. The likelihood of that increased with last week's apprehension of affiliates along with the seizure of $6.1 million.
U.S. Insurance giant American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac) suffered a cyber attack that exposed extensive sensitive information, including SSNs and health information.
A budding bipartisan movement toward establishing a federal data privacy bill began to take shape about two years ago appears to be moving forward, as legislation that was shelved in 2019 has been taken up again.
In mid-July the REvil ransomware group, linked to the Kaseya and JBS incidents among other attacks, appeared to go out of business. It turns out they may have just been taking a refreshing summer break.
Despite all the privacy scandals in 2018, it looks like Facebook is back to business as usual, buoyed by better than expected financial, user growth and engagement numbers in its most recent 4Q 2018 earnings report.
Norway suspended the operation of its contact tracing app "Smittestopp" after being ranked among the world’s most privacy-invasive apps, next to Bahrain and Qatar.
A considerable chunk of the Conti ransomware gang's internal communications is now available due to a data leak, and may threaten the future of the group.
