Extensive campaign involving the Pegasus spyware in El Salvador targeted at least 35 journalists and political activists from June 2020 to November 2021, with most of the country's major media outlets affected.
Major Japanese Defense Contractors Admit to Data Breach Incidents Dating Back to Over Four Years Ago
Two major Japanese defense contractors recently admitted to data breaches back in 2015 and 2018 when they were infected with malware and possibly had their files stolen.
Proposed California Privacy Rights Act will provide more consumer protections to expand scope of sensitive personal information, add new safeguards for minors, and establish a new independent enforcement agency.
The REvil ransomware has become something of a cybersecurity household name but it may be losing some business now that a disgruntled former client has leaked code demonstrating that the group can backdoor its own customers.
Privacy concerns may be getting lost in the stampede to find a 'better Twitter,' as researchers warn that Meta's new app collects much more sensitive personal information than comparable platforms.
The WhatsApp GDPR violations pertain to Article 12 and 13(1)(c) requirements that platform users be clearly informed of the legal basis under which their personal information is being collected.
Italy was one of the first EU nations to take OpenAI and ChatGPT to task over data privacy violations, even banning the app from the country briefly, and it has now issued the bloc's first GDPR fine of this nature to the company.
An Android tracking app sometimes used by parents and employers (along with more unsavory purposes) has been hacked. Data breach affects at least 13,000 devices, along with contact information for about 26,000 customers and location data points for about 13,400 people.
Cloud-based data management subsidiary of Toyota exposed the information of 2.15 million customers in a decade-long data leak. The Toyota Connected service reminds owners to service their vehicles and links the car to entertainment services, and can assist during emergencies by calling for help and locating a car that’s been stolen.
A major cyber attack on South Korea is usually not a stop-the-presses global news item; it's fairly routine for North Korea and China to make attempts. But what's interesting are the organizational failures that this cyber attack highlights.
