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UK gov faces legal action over Test and Trace data retention | IT PRO

4d ago

from IT PRO

This came after found that the personal details of pub and restaurant customers had been allegedly harvested and sold without their consent. 1

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Personal details of pub customers had also been used for harassment, with some women reporting that they had been contacted by venue employees who had obtained their details through the Test and Trace scheme. 1

AngelaPerea

U.S. hospitals facing 'increased and imminent' threat of cyber-attacks: FBI

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18h ago

from nydailynews.com

The agencies have "credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers," the alert released Wednesday night read. 1

"CISA, FBI, and HHS are sharing this information to provide warning to healthcare providers to ensure that they take timely and reasonable precautions to protect their networks from these threats." 1

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Antitrust Suit Against Google is a Watershed Moment

18h ago

from Electronic Frontier Foundation

The complaint is broad, covering Google's power over search generally, along with search advertising. 1Instead of asking for money damages, the complaint asks for Google to be restructured and its illegal behavior restricted. 1

micshasan

Tech industry

Google's display advertising business is under antitrust probe in Italy

a day ago

from TechCrunch

Italy's competition authority has opened an antitrust investigation into Google's display ad business - adding another allegation of abuse of a dominant position to the tech giant's regulatory woes. 1

micshasan

Online marketing

Experian vows to drag UK's Information Commissioner's Office to court after being told off for data-slurping practices

2d ago

from Theregister

"The ICO found that significant 'invisible' processing took place, likely affecting millions of adults in the UK. 1It is 'invisible' because the individual is not aware that the organisation is collecting and using their personal data. 1

JamesJalaPayneo

EU data protection

Trump Campaign Website Defaced by Cryptocurrency Scam

2d ago

from Threatpost

While the hacked page claimed that the threat actors responsible compromised "multiple devices" that gave them "full access" to internal and secret conversations" of "trump and relatives," there is no evidence that these statements are true, according to the Trump campaign. 1

AngelaPerea

Election Security: How Mobile Devices Are Shaping the Way We Work, Play and Vote

2d ago

from Threatpost

The election is only a week away, and there has been much discussion about how absentee and early voting will impact the outcome. 1But even before ballots started to hit the postal service, the spread of misinformation was already well underway, leaving confused Americans in its wake. 1

Human error is inevitable, even among the most well-educated users. 1

JamesJalaPayneo

Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted 'high profile' conference attendees

2d ago

from TechCrunch

Microsoft says hackers backed by the Iranian government targeted over 100 high-profile potential attendees of two international security and policy conferences. 1

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Microsoft said the spoofed emails were sent to former government officials, academics and policy makers to steal passwords and other sensitive data, like email inboxes. 1

AngelaPerea

Google Boots 21 Bogus Gaming Apps from Play Marketplace

3d ago

from Threatpost

The apps masquerade as a fun or useful application but actually "exist to serve up intrusive ads outside the app," according to a blog posted this week by Emma McGowan, a senior writer at Avast. 1

JamesJalaPayneo

Tech industry