Collaboration 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Whether you just sold your iPhone, are planning to trade it in for a new one, or are giving it away to someone, knowing how to wipe your personal data correctly is a must.

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Personal data IT 185

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

They can also steal personal data, banking details, cryptocurrency info, emails, and passwords by scraping the files the users upload. .” Fake file converters and download tools may perform advertised tasks but can provide resulting files containing hidden malware, giving criminals access to victims’ devices.

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Passwords Ransomware Personal data Risk 288

Collaboration 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Before you sell or trash your old Android phone, you should properly delete all sensitive information. Here's the best (and simplest) way to do it.

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Personal data IT 250

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

First, forensic traces showed that Serbian police used a Cellebrite tool to unlock and extract data from his device without informing him, obtaining legal consent, or disclosing the searchs purpose.

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Personal data Encryption Security Privacy 262

Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2025

“Given the potentially high risk for millions of peoples data in Italy, the Authority asked the two companies and their subsidiaries to confirm which personal data are collected, the sources used, the purposes pursued, the legal basis of the processing, and whether they are stored on servers located in China.”

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Artificial Intelligence Personal data Privacy Data collection 180

Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2024

If privacy and security are central to you or your business, this new feature from the open-source office suite LibreOffice is worth checking out. Here's how it works.

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Personal data Privacy Security IT 189

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2025

Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek ‘s chatbot service within the country, citing a lack of information on its use of users’ personal data. The Authority pointed out that OpenAI does not alert users that it is collecting their data.

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Artificial Intelligence Personal data Privacy Data collection 151

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Victims of SpyLoan apps face threats, personal data misuse, and harassment, including intimidating calls, misuse of photos/IDs, and contact spamming to friends and family. Authorities in Peru raided a call center tied to SpyLoan apps that extorted 7,000+ victims in Peru, Mexico, and Chile.

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Privacy Personal data Marketing Access 320

Collaboration 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Your information and how you interact with LinkedIn is helping to train AI. If you don't want that to happen, you can opt out and check what it already knows.

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Personal data IT 190

Collaboration 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Before you get rid of an old laptop, ensure your personal files are fully deleted and unrecoverable. Here's how.

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Personal data 189

Data Breach Today

JANUARY 21, 2021

Chimera' Exfiltrates Intellectual Property, Personal Data A hacking group with apparent ties to China is targeting airlines and semiconductor firms to steal intellectual property and personal data in repeated exfiltration efforts, according to the NCC Group.

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Personal data 336

Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2024

Before you sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Here's how.

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Personal data 189

Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Exposure Comes as Ireland Probes Facebook's Handling of Children's Data For at least a month, Instagram leaked the email addresses of minors, which occurred as Ireland's Data Protection Commission probed whether its parent company, Facebook, failed to protect children's personal data. Facebook has fixed the issue.

Personal data 332

Personal data IT 332

Collaboration 2.0

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The investment giant is offering those impacted 24 months of free credit monitoring to help them check for any unusual activity.

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Personal data 190

Collaboration 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Before you get rid of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Here's how.

Personal data 190

Personal data 190

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

A Russian court fined Twitter and Facebook 4 million rubles each for refusing to store the personal data of Russian citizens on local servers. Roskomnadzor is attempting to oblige the IT giants, including Facebook, Twitter, and Google to move data related to Russian citizens to servers in Russia allowing the Government to monitor them.,

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Personal data Government Security IT 363

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The Manchester United football club has been hit by a cyber attack on their systems, it is not aware of a breach of personal data for his fans. Manchester United disclosed a cyber attack, but according to the football club it is not “currently aware of any breach of personal data associated with our fans and customers”.

Personal data 363

Personal data Security IT Information Security 363

Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 12, 2024

Before you sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Everything you need is available as part of Windows.

Personal data 189

Personal data 189

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

The data acquired by the intelligence agency can reveal the websites visited by the US citizens and what apps they use. Wyden called on the US government to order intelligence agencies to stop buying personal data from Americans that has been obtained illegally by data brokers.

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Metadata Personal data Sales Privacy 347

Data Breach Today

AUGUST 9, 2021

Millions of Smartphone Users Nationwide Are Targets The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new smishing scheme targeting millions of smartphones nationwide that impersonates state workforce agencies in an attempt to obtain personal data.

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Phishing Personal data 344

Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Victims Still Learning Their Personal Data Was Illegally Accessed, Copied in 2021 A ransomware attack on the Irish healthcare system in 2021 has cost the government 80 million euros in damages and counting.

Ransomware 353

Ransomware Personal data Government Access 353

Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. The huge amount of data is available for 0.177 Bitcoin, approximately USD 1032. Both password fields and Know Your Customer (KYC) data fields are not shown in the description.

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Personal data Sales Passwords Information Security 360

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

. “The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure.” ” In July 2019, the UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel chain Marriott International faces a £99 million ($123 million) fines under GDPR over 2014 data breach.

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Data breaches Personal data GDPR Encryption 351

Data Breach Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

Attackers Claim They Stole 36 Million Unique Customer Records T-Mobile USA has confirmed that attackers accessed its computer systems, but the mobile communications provider is still investigating whether customers' personal data was exposed.

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Personal data Communications Access IT 325

Data Breach Today

JUNE 30, 2021

Paige Thompson Now Faces Up to 20 Years in Federal Prison, Documents Show The Justice Department has filed seven new criminal charges against Paige Thompson, who is suspected of hacking Capital One in 2019, which compromised the personal data of 100 million Americans, including exposing hundreds of thousands of Social Security numbers.

Personal data 331

Personal data Security 331

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2020

“None of our patients’ payment card details have been compromised but at this stage, we understand that some of our patients’ personal data may have been accessed.” Stolen data includes personal data of customers along with intimate photos of these customers. ” states The Sun.

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Ransomware Personal data File names Security 343

Data Breach Today

MAY 25, 2023

Now-Fixed Expo Framework API Vulnerability Posed Credential, Identity Theft Risks A new OAuth-related vulnerability in an open-source application development framework could expose Facebook, Google, Apple and Twitter users to account takeover, personal data leakage, identity theft, financial fraud and unauthorized actions on other online platforms, (..)

Personal data 306

Personal data Risk Security 306

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Irish Data Protection Commission fined LinkedIn €310M after finding its use of behavioral data for targeted ads violated privacy laws, requiring compliance changes. The DPC’s inquiry was launched following an initial complaint to the French Data Protection Authority. ” reads the DPC’s announcement.

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GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 304

Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Police Say Gang Extorted Millions From Victims Not Just by Stealing, But Lying Too Cybercrime experts have long urged victims to never pay a ransom in return for any promise an attacker makes to delete stolen data.

Personal data 310

Personal data IT 310

Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

MyDeal Data Appears Online, Vinomofo Discloses Breach, Optus Fallout Continues Personal data from MyDeal, a marketplace owned by Australia's Woolworths Group grocery chain, has appeared for sale on a data leak forum.

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Retail Security Personal data Sales 305

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

The cyber attack on the Ohio Lottery on Christmas Eve exposed the personal data of over 538,000 individuals. On Christmas Eve, a cyberattack targeting the Ohio Lottery resulted in the exposure of personal data belonging to 538,959 individuals. The organization is notifying the impacted people.

Data breaches 311

Data breaches Personal data Access Ransomware 311

Data Breach Today

JANUARY 10, 2024

The incident, stemming from a Citrix Bleed exploit, has triggered multiple lawsuits and affected the personal data of at least 1 million people.

Personal data 303

Personal data 303

Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2024

Jobseekers registered in February 2022 and former users of Pôle Emploi are potentially affected by this theft of personal data.” Email addresses, phone numbers, passwords and financial data are not exposed. . It is therefore potentially the personal data of 43 million people which have been infiltrated.”

Data breaches 346

Data breaches Personal data Ransomware GDPR 346

Data Breach Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Researchers Created Worm That Can Exfiltrate Data, Spread Spam and Poison AI Models Researchers have created a zero-click, self-spreading worm that can steal personal data through applications that use chatbots powered by generative artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence 297

Artificial Intelligence Personal data 297

Data Breach Today

MARCH 20, 2024

The Vote to Restrict the Sale of Americans' Sensitive Personal Data Is Unanimous The House voted Wednesday to pass the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, a bill that would provide the FCC with enhanced authorities to seek up to $50,000 in civil penalties against data brokers that sell Americans' sensitive information to countries (..)

Sales 297

Sales Personal data 297

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2024

According to the data analysis report, the Play ransomware gang published the stolen data on the darknet on 14 June 2023. The data exfiltrated by the gang included classified information and sensitive personal data from the Federal Administration. Threat actors stole and leaked roughly 1.3 ” reads the report.

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Ransomware Data breaches Unstructured data Personal data 343