H&M earned the GDPR fine by creating highly inappropriate profiles of employees gleaned from one-on-one conversations which was revealed in a 2019 data leak.
The South Korean government is set to implement mandatory KYC verification for cryptocurrency exchanges in March, but the new requirements may be in violation of existing privacy laws.
REvil Ransomware operators deposited $1 million in Bitcoins on a Russian-speaking hacker forum to recruit hackers to work as affiliates earning 70-80% commission.
According to a WEF report, cyber attacks remain the greatest business risk in the US, something that bucks a general global trend among the world's major economies.
Hackers employed homograph attacks and Office 365 email addresses in a coordinated BEC scam to steal over $15 million from over 150 businesses.
Critics are concerned that Prop. 24 might instead create a "pay for privacy" scheme that would leave behind users of online services that are unwilling or unable to pay added fees.
"Global Privacy Control" looks to refresh the “Do Not Track” concept by focusing on sale of personal data, along with emerging state and national privacy legislation.
Facebook CRO David Fischer declared that ad-supported services were "under assault" due to Apple privacy changes and that platforms depending on advertising revenue would be disproportionately damaged.
Microsoft warned that hackers are exploiting the Zerologon vulnerability to wage cyber attacks. CISA ordered federal agencies to patch or disconnect their systems from the federal network.
With the unprecedented increase in remote work, new study shows a global increase in nearly all types of cyber attacks since the COVID-19 social distancing measures began.
