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Facebook Wants to 'Normalize' Data Scraping, Email Suggests
- Sunday, 25 April 2021
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An email sent in error by a Facebooks communications team member to a Belgian journalist appears to indicate that the company hopes that data scraping problems will be seen as normal when they next occur. So reports CNET.
Read more...Geico Data Breach Exposed Customers’ Drivers License Numbers
- Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Geico has disclosed that a data breach earlier this year that lasted more than a month compromised customers’ drivers license numbers. So reports The Verge.
Read more...Geico Data Breach Exposed Customers’ Drivers License Numbers
- Sunday, 25 April 2021
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Geico has disclosed that a data breach earlier this year that lasted more than a month compromised customers’ drivers license numbers. So reports The Verge.
Read more...Biden Launches 100-day Cybersecurity Plan for Power Grid
- Sunday, 25 April 2021
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The Biden administration has rolled out a 100-day effort to improve the cybersecurity of the nation’s electric grid. So reports CNN.
Read more...Hacking Group Member Gets 10 Years in Prison
- Sunday, 25 April 2021
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A top member in a cybercrime organization behinds billions of dollars in corporate losses has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. So reports Engadget.
Read more...UK Cybersecurity Group Darktrace Eyes $4B Listing
- Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Darktrace, a British cybersecurity outfit whose clients include Rolls-Royce and Coca-Cola, has unveiled plans for a $4 billion London listing. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Did Israeli Cyberattack Cut Power at Iranian Nuke Facility?
- Thursday, 15 April 2021
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U.S. and Israeli sources have told Western reports that Israel was responsible for a cyber attack and blackout at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran, though Israel has not formally said it was behind the effort. So reports The Intercept.
Read more...Biden Names First National Cyber Director
- Thursday, 15 April 2021
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President Joe Biden has named Chris Inglis, former deputy director of the National Security Agency, to the newly created role of national cyber director. So reports Politico.
Read more...Clubhouse CEO Disputes Report of Data Being on Hacker Site
- Thursday, 15 April 2021
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The CEO of audio chat app Clubhouse has hit back after a report that its users’ scraped data, like that of Facebook and LinkedIn, was posted on a forum used by hackers. So reports The Verge.
Read more...Half a Million LinkedIn Users’ Data is Hawked on Hacker Site
- Thursday, 15 April 2021
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LinkedIn has confirmed that data scraped from about 500 million of its users’ profiles is included in a database listed for sale on a hacker website. So reports CNN.
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