Google has been issuing direct personal warnings to users that appear to have been targeted by a state-sponsored hacking group. The company has taken the unusual step of issuing a general public warning about an Iran-backed threat.
The crux of the privacy objections is that the executive order does not guarantee that indiscriminate collection will be stopped; it merely attempts to narrow the scope of intelligence activity in EU-US data transfers.
A leak on a hacking forum that exposed internal AMD data appears to have been confirmed by the company, as it acknowledged that an unnamed third-party vendor involved in product assembly was breached. Questions remain about the extent of the data breach, however.
Transport for London (TfL) is responding to a cyber attack that affected its crucial IT systems, disrupting Dial-a-Ride and other services and forcing staff to work from home.
The decision to scrap the data protection bill came from a parliamentary review process. IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has told reporters that work was already underway on a new personal data law, no doubt to the delight of big tech companies.
Singapore has recently introduced a discussion paper on data portability to will not only improve options and outcomes for consumers, but will also improve transparency in data collection. Will the ease of proliferation of this personal data among more companies lead to a simple statistical increased likelihood of data and identity theft?
DreamHost database leak exposed nearly 815 million records of customer data from the WordPress hosting platform. User account and configuration information was exposed.
Insurance administrator Landmark Admin confirms that the May 2024 data breach stemming from a ransomware attack leaked the personal information of over 800,000 individuals.
Panda Express, the largest Chinese fast food chain in the US, leaked sensitive personal data during the March 2024 cyber attack that affected the parent company’s corporate systems.
Toyota Motor Corporation has been the victim of a series of data breaches in Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan over the past six months. Latest data breach in Japan has impacted 3.1 million customers’ information.
