Numerous democracy activists opposed to the Thailand monarchy were targeted during a period of heavy protesting in 2020 and 2021, and had their phones infected with Pegasus spyware.
Cyber espionage campaigns focus on gaining access to journalist networks by impersonating legitimate members of the profession. The state sponsored hackers then hunt for useful geopolitical information.
TikTok made the privacy policy announcement last month, and had scheduled the switch for July 13. The video sharing platform claimed a "legitimate interests" exception to obtaining consent for personalized ads.
Law enforcement is able to issue keyword warrants for specific Google searches, potentially sweeping up the queries of hundreds or thousands of unrelated individuals, something obviously of concern as abortion laws change.
A Quantum ransomware attack on Professional Finance Company (PFC) impacted 657 healthcare organizations and leaked sensitive patient data for millions of patients.
The FBI, CISA, and the Treasury Department warned about Maui ransomware attacks by state-sponsored North Korean hackers targeting US healthcare organizations.
A recent leak of audio meetings in which TikTok staff appear to admit to previously undisclosed data practices has some members of Congress calling for an FTC investigation.
Privacy complaint by consumer groups take issue with the language used during Google's centralized account signup process, the number of clicks to enable privacy settings, and the alleged "nudges" used to encourage users to opt in to tracking.
Attackers exfiltrated sensitive data from thousands of websites, desktop, and mobile applications in a supply chain attack leveraging typo-squatting in popular NPM packages.
An account takeover hit Disneyland's Facebook and Instagram, and the company took some of its social media presence offline for a short period as it recovered.
