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Arrested hacker with handcuffs wearing hooded jacket shows how Russian hackers pose a persistent threat to the world

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Russian Hackers Pose an International Persistent Threat

October 11, 2018

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.

Close up of woman eye showing biometric data and privacy concerns

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Spain Puts Temporary Ban on Worldcoin Due to Privacy Concerns

March 14, 2024

Sam Altman's Worldcoin project will not be available in Spain for up to three months, and may face future actions under the GDPR. The country's data protection authority, the AEPD, has ordered the company to stop collecting personal information due to privacy concerns.

Aerial view of cement factory showing ransomware gang compromising critical infrastructure

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FBI Warns That Cuba Ransomware Gang Made $44 Million After Compromising 49 Critical Infrastructure Entities in Five Sectors

December 17, 2021

Leveraging the Hancitor malware, the ransomware gang earned $43.9 m after compromising 49 critical infrastructure entities in finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and IT.

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Open Letter From Major NGOs Asks Google to Cut Pre-Installed Apps That Enable Data Exploitation

January 23, 2020

An alarming number of pre-installed Android apps are not included in Google Play which open the smartphone and tablet users to data exploitation by their device manufacturer.

WhatsApp on mobile phone showing scam accounts

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WhatsApp Has Taken Out 6.8 Million Scam Accounts in 2025

August 19, 2025

Following closely on the heels of the introduction of new tools designed to provide safety enhancements to WhatsApp users, Meta has announced that it has taken 6.8 million scam accounts off the platform in the first half of 2025.

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Hefty Fine for Booking.com Due to Delayed Data Breach Notification; With Little Financial Information Stolen, Is the Amount Excessive?

April 8, 2021

The large amount of the Booking.com fine is a point of contention as it stretches to the limit of what the GDPR allows for a data breach notification incident that involved relatively little sensitive personal information.

New York evening landscape showing the newly proposed New York Privacy Act which could be tougher than CCPA

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New York Privacy Act Would Be Considerably Tougher Than California’s Bill

June 24, 2019

New York is the next state following California to develop its own New York Privacy Act which even though largely similar to CCPA, will still include notable exceptions that companies should be cautious of.

Technology screen with abstract network patterns over downtown San Francisco skyscrapers showing net neutrality challenge by Internet providers

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2018 California Net Neutrality Law Finally Clear to Be Enforced in Wake of Unsuccessful Challenge by Internet Providers

March 2, 2021

California’s 2018 net neutrality law will now be enforced after a challenge by the state's biggest internet providers was shot down by an Eastern District of California judge.

Woman wearing protective face mask on street in city using contact tracing app on mobile

Data Privacy News

MIT Researchers Develop a COVID-19 Contact Tracing App That Preserves Privacy Using Random IDs

May 4, 2020

MIT researchers in collaboration with CMU, Brown and Boston University has developed a privacy preserving COVID-19 contact tracing app that uses Bluetooth to broadcast chiprs of random IDs to other devices.

Man using a laptop with cyber attack warning showing supply chain attack

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Chain of Supply Chain Attacks as 3CX Was Compromised by Outdated Futures Trading Software

April 26, 2023

In what is described as the first known supply chain attack caused by another supply chain attack, the recent breach of 3CX was caused by an employee downloading a compromised piece of trading software.

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Russian Hackers Pose an International Persistent Threat

Spain Puts Temporary Ban on Worldcoin Due to Privacy Concerns

FBI Warns That Cuba Ransomware Gang Made $44 Million After Compromising 49 Critical Infrastructure Entities in Five Sectors

Open Letter From Major NGOs Asks Google to Cut Pre-Installed Apps That Enable Data Exploitation

WhatsApp Has Taken Out 6.8 Million Scam Accounts in 2025

New York Privacy Act Would Be Considerably Tougher Than California’s Bill

2018 California Net Neutrality Law Finally Clear to Be Enforced in Wake of Unsuccessful Challenge by Internet Providers

MIT Researchers Develop a COVID-19 Contact Tracing App That Preserves Privacy Using Random IDs

Chain of Supply Chain Attacks as 3CX Was Compromised by Outdated Futures Trading Software

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People