Sharing of financial data in the Google-Citi deal quickly attracted the attention of consumers, lawmakers and regulators concerned about the potential privacy implications.
There are valid reasons to have serious privacy concerns about Facebook’s new direction. The announcement of the Facebook metaverse has thus far been met with at least as much suspicion and hesitancy as it has enthusiasm.
On June 2, Anthropic confirmed that it will be adding 150 new organizations across some 15 countries to the "Project Glasswing" access to Mythos AI Preview and that ENISA will be among these.
Cyber attack on parent company Suncor Energy has disrupted the Petro-Canada's payment and loyalty reward systems. Petro-Canada has about 1,500 gas stations and is the second-largest chain of gas stations in the country.
The California location tracking issue dates back to 2018. Over 40 states have already reached similar privacy settlements with the tech giant, with Google having now paid over $600 million in total.
Researchers with Varonis have disclosed a flaw they call "CoSnitch" that allowed Microsoft Copilot to be tricked into giving up private information while being pressed to explain the technical reasons for not being able to execute a particular prompt.
The FBI warned that BlackCat ransomware had compromised 60 organizations worldwide as of March 2022 and demanded millions in ransom payment. Alert linked BlackCat to the now-defunct BlackMatter ransomware group.
Within a year, India could have the world’s largest facial recognition system in place. But there is a very real risk that such a system could transform India into the world’s largest surveillance state.
RansomHub has claimed credit for the new cyber extortion attempt on Change Healthcare. The group says that it stole 4 TB of data that includes sensitive personal information, including financial information and medical records belonging to US military personnel.
Facebook’s new market research Study app pays users to track app usage, is the tech giant learning from previous privacy mistakes or attracting further attention from legislators?
