Indonesia’s tax agency, the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP), has suffered a data breach impacting 6 million people, including President Widodo, his family, and cabinet members.
Apple's commitment to user privacy and human rights called into question by ignoring a second request to testify before Congress on Chinese censorship and a recent vote that saw over 40% of its shareholders express that the company should stop removing apps when the Chinese government demands it.
The international community is under no illusion regarding the persistent threat that is posed by Russian hackers as the U.S. Department of Justice indicts 7 Russian GRU members, and other nations including the U.K. and the Netherlands protest hacking activities.
A multi-agency cybersecurity advisory warns about unsophisticated hackers compromising U.S. critical infrastructure using basic and elementary intrusion techniques.
Car rental company Avis has suffered a data breach impacting nearly 300,000 customers after an unauthorized third party accessed a business application.
Attackers approach targets for account takeover pretending to be a member of the Meta tech support team, using Facebook profiles that they have created that have a post history that makes it appear as if they are a legitimate employee.
Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the country’s foreign affairs department, is reeling from the impacts of a data breach that leaked the personal information of users and staff members.
Credit rating agency Experian's Netherlands branch has been assessed a €2.7 million (about $3.2 million) GDPR fine for improper collection of personal data, which was drawn from multiple public and private sources that data subjects were not necessarily aware of.
Privacy groups are raising alarms about some EU aid programs. Funds, equipment and training are reportedly going to repressive governments and being used explicitly for domestic surveillance.
A location tracking cloud vulnerability was found on hundreds of smartwatch brands using Thinkrace platform which allows third parties to access the devices without any particular hacking skills.
