Uber covered up the 2016 data breach that affected its 57 million customers and drivers. The confession came as part of…
Month: July 2022
Google delays Chrome third party cookie sunsetting…again
We’ve seen many examples of third-party cookies being tackled by browsers recently. It’s not so long ago that Firefox effectively locked…
Criminals using compromised social media accounts to “post indecent images of children” says UK cybercrime organization
Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting center for fraud and cybercrime, is warning of a very disturbing scam involving social media…
TikTok owner ByteDance pushed a pro-China agenda to Americans, say former employees
Controversy over supposed pro-China messaging in apps from TikTok owner Bytedance continues to grow. Tales are emerging relating to a now…
Radioactivity monitoring and warning system hacked, disabled by attackers
The Spanish police arrested two people under the accusation of tampering with the Red de Alerta a la Radiactividad (RAR). The…
“Orwellian in the extreme” food store installs facial recognition cameras to stop crime, faces backlash
A convenience shop chain is under fire and facing legal charges for installing cameras with facial recognition software in 35 of…
T-Mobile agrees to pay customers $350 million in settlement over data breach
T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million to settle class action claims related to a 2021 cyberattack which impacted around 80…
PrestaShop warns of vulnerability: Update your stores now!
A vulnerability affecting open source e-commerce platform PrestaShop could spell trouble for servers running PrestaShop websites. The 15-year-old organisation’s platform is…
In post-Roe US, experts share how to keep your data private
In the weeks since the Supreme Court of the United States removed a nationwide right to choose to have an abortion,…
Tiktok challenged by China-centric promotion & censorship issues
Controversy over supposed pro-China messaging in apps from TikTok owner Bytedance continues to grow. Tales are emerging relating to a now…