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GSA Sparks Security Fears After Buying Risky Chinese Cameras

Data Breach Today

federal networks after a government watchdog caught the government's main acquisition arm purchasing unauthorized, Chinese-manufactured video conference cameras.

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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

Krebs on Security

In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. The company has operations in 25 countries, more than 4,000 employees, and billions in revenue annually. Acting on a tip from Milwaukee, Wis.-based

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Look Beyond TikTok: Massive Data Collection Is the Real Risk

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All Social Media Apps Collect Information on a Scale That Facilitates Surveillance There's much national security ado about how much user data gets collected by the Chinese-owned, wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok.

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IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access

Krebs on Security

The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me , an online identity verification service that requires applicants to submit copies of bills and identity documents, as well as a live video feed of their faces via a mobile device. The IRS says it will require ID.me McLean, Va.-based

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Iowa Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Men Hired to Test Their Security

Krebs on Security

11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary, and held on $100,000 bail. On Thursday Jan.

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UK Mulls TikTok Ban on Government Networks

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UK Security Minister Confirms Agency Is Examining App for Chinese Government Ties Britain's National Cyber Security Agency is examining TikTok to help the government finalize its decision to ban the Chinese video sharing app from federal networks, the country’s security minister Tom Tugendhat revealed.

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Dutch tech reporter gatecrashes EU defence secret video conference

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A Dutch tech reporter gatecrashed a video conference of EU defence ministers after the Dutch minister shared an image on Twitter. “After logging in with the correct pin code, there was no extra security, RTL News was immediately admitted to the meeting and Verlaan has identified himself as a journalist.”