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Meta Facing Severe Targeted Advertising Restrictions, Potential $100,000 Per Day Fine in Norway

July 27, 2023

For every day that Meta remains out of compliance during the 90-day period, it will be assessed the equivalent of $100,000. The fine period would run until the end of October, and should Meta be out of compliance for the full duration it would end up paying a total of $9 million.

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Cyber Security News

Third-Party Contractor to US Telecoms Reveals Security Breach Tied to Nation-State Hackers

November 4, 2025

Another security breach involving US telecom companies has come to light, with a third-party contractor that interfaces between some of the industry's big names reporting discovery of unauthorized access to their systems by nation-state hackers that began in late 2024 and continued through much of 2025.

Hands on laptop using social media showing social media scams

Cyber Security News

FTC: Social Media Scams Surging, Represent an Underlooked Cyber Crime Risk

February 10, 2022

Over 95,000 United States consumers lost money to social media scams in 2021. The most common type of scam involves online shopping, but the largest individual losses were caused by investment scams.

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Data Privacy News

Amnesty International Report: Palestinians in Hebron Regularly Subject to an Experimental Surveillance System That Stores Facial Recognition Data Without Consent

May 23, 2023

A new report from Amnesty International alleges that the Israeli military has deployed an experimental new surveillance system on the West Bank, and that it is capturing the facial recognition data of Palestinians without their consent.

Vault with pile of cash showing ransomware gang exit scam

Cyber Security News

Under Increasing Federal Scrutiny, BlackCat Ransomware Gang Pulls Exit Scam on Its Way Out

March 12, 2024

BlackCat affiliates have been complaining on dark web forums that they had breached victims successfully, but that the ransomware gang had not paid out their percentage. It appears they have been stung by an exit scam.

Smoke with Chinese flag showing state-sponsored hackers stolen API keys

Cyber Security News

US Treasury Breached by Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Via Stolen API Key

January 6, 2025

The state-sponsored hackers stole unclassified documents during the raid, but little else is known about what they accessed. The attackers appear to have obtained the API key from a third-party vendor called BeyondTrust.

Apple flagship store in Hangzhou showing Chinese tech companies circumventing Apple's privacy rules

Data Privacy News

Chinese Tech Companies Look To Bypass Apple Privacy Rules With an Independent Tracking Number

March 24, 2021

Though circumventing Apple’s new privacy rules with fingerprinting techniques can get one banned from the app store, major Chinese tech companies appear to be discussing just that out in the open.

Crowded night market showing extremely low barriers to entry for spammers in the phishing ecosystem

Cyber Security News

New Report on Spammers and the Phishing Ecosystem Reveals Extremely Low Barriers to Entry

March 4, 2020

Spammers are stepping up their game in the phishing ecosystem with premade tools such as phishing templates, infrastructure and tutorials made widely available on underground forums.

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Data Protection News

UK Eyes New Data Protection Law, Wants to Keep EU Happy

September 5, 2017

Overhaul of UK data protection law to align with the EU GDPR necessary for free data flow but adequacy questions remain unanswered as GDPR deadline looms.

Image of man holding mobile phone with social fitness apps and looking at fitness wearable device and consideration for user privacy

Data Privacy News

Social Fitness Apps May Be More Harmful to User Privacy Than You Think

February 12, 2018

Social fitness apps such as Strava need to be doing more to enhance user privacy and safety. The recent snafu involving the disclosure of U.S. military personnel location data has increased awareness of the perils created by tracking apps. Learn more about how these apps are collecting data, and how they are using it.

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Third-Party Contractor to US Telecoms Reveals Security Breach Tied to Nation-State Hackers

Amnesty International Report: Palestinians in Hebron Regularly Subject to an Experimental Surveillance System That Stores Facial Recognition Data Without Consent

Under Increasing Federal Scrutiny, BlackCat Ransomware Gang Pulls Exit Scam on Its Way Out

US Treasury Breached by Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Via Stolen API Key

Chinese Tech Companies Look To Bypass Apple Privacy Rules With an Independent Tracking Number

New Report on Spammers and the Phishing Ecosystem Reveals Extremely Low Barriers to Entry

Social Fitness Apps May Be More Harmful to User Privacy Than You Think

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

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