Telegram was suspended in Iraq at the ISP level for about a week by order of the Ministry of Communications. The cited reason was "national security concerns" and the leaking of private personal data of citizens.
Temu is facing a ₩1.37 billion ($982,420) fine in South Korea over its data transfers to other countries. The privacy law violations are due to failure to adhere to the terms of the PIPA, the law of the land that saw significant amendments come into force in 2023 that put it roughly on par with the protections provided by the GDPR.
Tenable CEO cites reports from several cybersecurity firms that indicate Microsoft is not being timely enough with its vulnerability disclosures and sometimes has a "dismissive" attitude.
WeChat has suspended new user registrations until at least "early August" as it rolls out a security upgrade, assumed to be prompted by recent Chinese laws regarding the storage and transmission of the personal data of the country's citizens.
Security researchers have found over 35,000 code repositories with malicious forks or clones leading back to a single source. Malware in the tainted code repositories is designed to steal environment variables, stored elements that serve as authentication for various online services.
The publication of the government's response to the sprawling consultation results marks a more specific direction for the intended changes to the UK Data Protection Act.
A recent airport ban seems to have prompted a Weibo post by the company offering reassurances on its data security. The post reiterated that Tesla staff cannot access customer video remotely.
Tesla has disclosed that the data breach impacting over 75,000 employees was an inside job. The electric automaker said two employees copied and shared confidential data with the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
An agreement in principle on two consumer privacy suits brought by the Texas Attorney General's office would settle the complaints for a total of $1.375 billion. The suits broadly involve surreptitious tracking of users via several methods and products in recent years, including alleged undisclosed company use of biometrics.
An ongoing Texas investigation is specifically examining whether driver data collected by modern smart vehicles is being misused under the terms of a variety of state laws. The investigation is also looking at potential violations of federal law in the area of consumer privacy.
