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Facebook has received the highest number of user data requests ever in the previous semester. Most of the requests concernedโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
photosquared

The 'PhotoSquared' app exposed billing and order details, as well as images of users who sent them for printing. Theโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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An engineer who spoofed on the traffic that Wacom drivers sent to their control servers claims that itโ€™s shady. Apparently,โ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
amazon echo

University researchers found out that smart speakers engage in false triggering a lot more often than we thought. That isโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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The FCC unveiled the names of the nasty U.S. telcos that were selling peopleโ€™s location data to anyone. It isโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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The OAIC submitted a filing against Facebook on the Federal Court of Australia, asking for the enforcement of a fine.โ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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The company behind the Blisk browser has been exposed to malpractice and unsafe data handling. High-profile users from around theโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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Xiaomiโ€™s default Web browsers are collecting data even when operating in the incognito mode. The data is packaged and sentโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
india coronavirus

Jioโ€™s COVID-19 self-check app database was left exposed online without a password. The exposed data contained logged symptoms, contacts made,โ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
mail

A disastrous update in the "Edison Mail" iOS app has compromised the email accounts and credentials of 6,480 users. Theโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021

A new dump has appeared on the dark web, and it contains the data of millions of โ€œMobiFriendsโ€ users. Theโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
illinois

A glitch in the IDES system that received unemployment claim submissions has resulted in data exposure. The information that leakedโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
thai telco

A telecommunications service provider has exposed a massive volume of data belonging to its customers. At the same time, theโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021

โ€œ8Beltโ€ has left an Amazon Web Service bucket exposed without setting up an access password. The unprotected server contained personalโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
brave crypto

Brave was redirecting users who tried to access cryptocurrency exchange platforms to their affiliate program. The browser company was makingโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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A German app developer has exposed a massive number of real user identities online. The 261 databases that have beenโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
domestic abuse

An app holding highly sensitive data has exposed the names and addresses of its users. The platform stored emergency userโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
dna_microphone

The GEDmatch DNA platform has somehow scrambled user data privacy settings over the weekend. The law enforcement authorities may haveโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
us homeland security

Internal documents detailing where this yearโ€™s US Secret Service budget goes, show the purchase of โ€œLocate X.โ€ The particular softwareโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
Facebook Ad Preferences

With Facebook facing heat because of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the website opened up to its users about their dataโ€ฆ

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Last updated September 25, 2021
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