The Russian ransomware gang ALPHV/BlackCat has threatened to leak 300 GB of top-secret and classified military documents it stole from a Pentagon contractor.
International auction house Sotheby’s has disclosed a data breach that leaked sensitive personal details, including financial information and Social Security Numbers.
A confirmed cyber attack on Rockstar led to the GTA6 leak of in-game videos via the internal Slack channel. The hacker claims that they are also sitting on stolen source code and asking for a ransom.
The DOJ argues that consumers are being shortchanged on privacy and security as a result of a monopoly, even though these are two of Apple's primary marketing points. One specific criticism is that the company has intentionally stifled cross-platform messaging.
Most businesses are concerned about cloud security. However, only a few adopted specialized online cloud security capabilities, while the majority were using inappropriate tools.
Report from the Internet Society, in partnership with Consumers International, shows continuing concerns with IoT security and privacy, where 53% of consumers distrust connected devices to protect their privacy and handle information in a responsible manner.
Privacy issues in the Philippines have become headline news as 2017 gets underway. In January, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in that country issued a statement placing the blame for a data breach that put the personal information of millions of voters at risk squarely at the feet of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and its Chairman Andres Bautista.
What Does India’s Proposed New Data Protection Law Mean for the Country – and the Rest of the World?
India's data protection law is already being criticized, with some claiming it does too little by not giving the data protection authority sufficient power to bring violators to justice; and others fearing it goes too far with the potential for mass surveillance
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.
Dark web marketplaces have a constant tension between maintaining customer service while simultaneously trying to get away with manipulative or even outright customer-hostile measures.
