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Meta Fined $20 Million in Australia Over Personal Data Usage

August 3, 2023

Meta is facing a total of $20 million in fines in Australia due to misleading consumers about personal data usage. Facebook Israel and VPN service Onavo Protect promised to keep user data private and safe, but were sharing collected personal information with Meta for use in its targeted advertising systems.

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Reverse Google Searches Face Increased Scrutiny as Fears of Keyword Warrants for Abortion Seekers Grow

July 18, 2022

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.

Lots of gift cards on table showing sale on dark web

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Hacker Sold 895,000 Gift Cards Worth $38 Million and 330,000 Payment Cards on a Russian Dark Web Forum

April 19, 2021

The gift cards belonged to 3,010 companies, including Amazon and Walmart, and were allegedly stolen from Cardpool’s backend. Both sales closed very quickly on the dark web forum.

Clubhouse application on mobile phone screen showing threat of data scraping

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Clubhouse Joins Facebook and LinkedIn as Target of Data Scraping; Cumulative One Billion User Profiles Have Been Leaked

April 16, 2021

Hot on the heels of high-profile data scraping incidents at Facebook and LinkedIn, the personal information of about 1.3 million users of chat app Clubhouse has been found posted to a hacker forum.

Zooming passengers in subway showing civil society raising alarm at COVID-19 digital surveillance

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Civil Society Raises Alarm at COVID-19 Digital Surveillance

April 14, 2020

More than 110 civil society organizations have jointly issued a statement against the COVID-19 digital surveillance performed by governments around the world to curb the pandemic.

Shadow of hand on keyboard showing Copilot vulnerability and data theft

Cyber Security News

“SearchLeak” Copilot Vulnerability Chain Turns the AI Assistant Into a Data Theft Partner

June 18, 2026

The Copilot vulnerability chain requires three steps, two of which are old-fashioned injections and request forgeries. But they are kicked off by using a P2P injection that convinces Copilot it is OK to serve up malicious links. The end result is that the AI assists with data theft from across the target’s Microsoft ecosystem.

Hacker typing on keyboard showing personal data theft, identity theft

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Identity Theft Report: Social Media Account Takeovers up 1,000% As 40% Of Personal Data Theft Victims Saw Their Information Misused

October 6, 2022

About 50% of those who had information stolen say they were victimized more than once. And the number of people that lost at least $10,000 to personal data theft jumped from 9% of respondents to 30% in 2021.

People talking in front of Facebook building showing corruption complaint against Irish DPC for GDPR case

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Irish DPC Faces Corruption Complaint From Activist Group

November 30, 2021

Privacy activism group noyb, which has made headlines for its high-profile cases against Facebook in the EU, has brought a corruption complaint against the Irish DPC over its handling of a case that dates back years.

Indian government building in New Delhi, India showing big tech companies pushback personal data protection bill

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After Pushback From Big Tech Companies, India Scraps Personal Data Protection Bill and Starts Over

August 8, 2022

The decision to scrap the data protection bill came from a parliamentary review process. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has told reporters that work was already underway on a new personal data law, no doubt to the delight of big tech companies.

Department store for fashion showing online threats during holiday shopping season

Cyber Security News

Online Threats Targeting Unprepared Retailers Ramp up Dramatically During the Holiday Shopping Season

November 25, 2019

Retail industry is one of the worst-prepared for cyber attacks, yet is also one of the most heavily targeted by online threats during the holiday shopping season.

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Meta Fined $20 Million in Australia Over Personal Data Usage

Reverse Google Searches Face Increased Scrutiny as Fears of Keyword Warrants for Abortion Seekers Grow

Hacker Sold 895,000 Gift Cards Worth $38 Million and 330,000 Payment Cards on a Russian Dark Web Forum

Clubhouse Joins Facebook and LinkedIn as Target of Data Scraping; Cumulative One Billion User Profiles Have Been Leaked

Civil Society Raises Alarm at COVID-19 Digital Surveillance

“SearchLeak” Copilot Vulnerability Chain Turns the AI Assistant Into a Data Theft Partner

Identity Theft Report: Social Media Account Takeovers up 1,000% As 40% Of Personal Data Theft Victims Saw Their Information Misused

After Pushback From Big Tech Companies, India Scraps Personal Data Protection Bill and Starts Over

Online Threats Targeting Unprepared Retailers Ramp up Dramatically During the Holiday Shopping Season

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

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages

Feds Warn About Iranian Hackers Expanding the List of Targeted PLCs to Compromise Critical Infrastructure