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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Data Privacy News

TikTok Ban Passes Senate, Could Result in Removal From Government Devices

December 21, 2022

Legislation that would institute a TikTok ban on government devices has cleared the first major hurdle in Congress, passing the Senate with unanimous consent. The "No TikTok on Government Devices Act" was authored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) but had strong bipartisan support.

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Cyber Security News

NIST Releases First Set of Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms

August 19, 2024

The new NIST algorithms are far from the end of the preparatory process, but allow organizations to begin taking concrete action on post-quantum encryption strategies that may need to be operational by the early 2030s.

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Data Protection News

As Data Protection Laws Proliferate, APAC Must Shift to Accountability Model, Says FPF and ABLI

December 9, 2022

A new report from the FPF and ABLI promotes a shift from consent-based models to a focus on accountability for data processors in the interest of improving consistency between different jurisdictions and different data protection laws.

Cyber Security News

University of Pennsylvania Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Records of Personal Information of Students, Alumni and Donors

November 7, 2025

The apparently partially politically motivated attacker claimed to have exfiltrated over 1.2 million records of personal information in the data breach, some of which dates back decades and included banking information.

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Data Privacy News

Google Is Paying Apple $15 Billion per Year To Be Default Search Engine on Devices, Says Investment Analyst

September 6, 2021

Google is making massive annual payments to Apple to be placed as the default search engine on its devices. Research indicates a price of $15 billion for the privilege in 2021.

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Cyber Security News

LastPass 2019 Password Security Report Shows Continuing Issues with Reused and Stolen Passwords

October 21, 2019

2019 password security report shows that even though businesses are increasingly adopting MFA and password generator solution, the passwords are still not strong enough or being reused between different accounts.

Hacker hand on keyboard showing teachers' union data breach

Cyber Security News

Data Breach Hits Pennsylvania’s Largest Workers and Teachers’ Union PSEA, Impacting over 500,000 People

March 28, 2025

A data breach affecting Pennsylvania’s largest workers and teachers’ union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), has exposed the personal...

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Data Privacy News

Why the End of Net Neutrality and the Demise of the Open Internet Could Have Unintended Consequences for Data Privacy and Cyber Security

December 18, 2017

The FCC’s historic overturning of the Obama-era Net Neutrality rules could have profound implications for the Open Internet. While there are potential censorship and service pricing implications of this move, what are the long-term impact on data privacy and cyber security?

Hacker working on laptop showing the five-year cyber espionage campaign that targets Asia Pacific governments

Cyber Security News

Five-Year Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Asia Pacific Governments

May 28, 2020

A five-year cyber espionage campaign has been running in Asia Pacific where attackers will infiltrate a government body and use stolen data to launch targeted phishing attacks against other governments.

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Cyber Security News

New “Loop” DoS Attack Could Bring Down Vulnerable Systems Using Just One Server

March 25, 2024

The Loop DoS attack essentially generates an endless chain of error messages that will eventually exhaust all available resources and take vulnerable systems offline, with no way for the attacker to stop it once it is initiated.

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TikTok Ban Passes Senate, Could Result in Removal From Government Devices

NIST Releases First Set of Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms

As Data Protection Laws Proliferate, APAC Must Shift to Accountability Model, Says FPF and ABLI

University of Pennsylvania Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Records of Personal Information of Students, Alumni and Donors

Google Is Paying Apple $15 Billion per Year To Be Default Search Engine on Devices, Says Investment Analyst

LastPass 2019 Password Security Report Shows Continuing Issues with Reused and Stolen Passwords

Data Breach Hits Pennsylvania’s Largest Workers and Teachers’ Union PSEA, Impacting over 500,000 People

Why the End of Net Neutrality and the Demise of the Open Internet Could Have Unintended Consequences for Data Privacy and Cyber Security

Five-Year Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Asia Pacific Governments

New “Loop” DoS Attack Could Bring Down Vulnerable Systems Using Just One Server

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