#data-deletion
#data-deletion

[ follow ]

Developer jailed for malware that took out his employer

A former Eaton developer installed Java-based resource-exhausting malware as a kill switch after demotion and received a four-year prison sentence.

Artificial intelligence

fromFast Company

1 month ago

Replit CEO: What really happened when AI agent wiped Jason Lemkin's database (exclusive)

An AI coding agent from Replit erroneously deleted a database of executive contacts, revealing potential risks in trusting AI agents with important data.

Privacy technologies

fromTheregister

1 month ago

Cursor AI safeguards easily bypassed in YOLO mode: Backslash

Cursor's AI coding agent's YOLO mode has significant security vulnerabilities, particularly with its inadequate denylist protections against data deletion.

Privacy professionals

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

2 months ago

Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users' Privacy

Users should have the right to delete their personal data, but a court order requires OpenAI to store all ChatGPT conversations indefinitely.

Artificial intelligence

fromwww.nydailynews.com

2 months ago

New York Daily News and other outlets ask judge to reject OpenAI effort to keep deleting data

OpenAI is being sued for allegedly deleting data that could prove copyright infringement, hindering news outlets' cases against them.

Digital life

fromTechzine Global

3 months ago

Data Lifecycle Management: The Overlooked Step of Secure Deletion

Data Lifecycle Management is essential for safeguarding sensitive information throughout its lifecycle, particularly during secure deletion.

fromwww.nytimes.com

5 months ago

Opinion | Politicians Shouldn't Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts

Researchers logging onto the website Data.gov in January discovered a digital void where roughly 2,000 data sets were once cataloged. No warning, no explanation just the quiet deletion of knowledge.