The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reduced a fine imposed on the British government last year for a data breach in 2019. Instead of half a million pounds, the British Cabinet Office has to pay 50,000 pounds. In the data breach, a CSV file with more than a thousand addresses […]
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Members of the British opposition have called for an investigation into the possible hacking of ex-President Liz Truss’s mobile phone by Russian agents. According to the Mail on Sunday newspaper, this happened when Truss was still secretary of state. The paper cites anonymous security sources as saying that Truss’ personal […]
Internal research should show that Twitter’s most valuable users are leaving the platform in large numbers. After several months of struggles, Elon Musk seems to buy the social network Twitter this week. But where it has been clear for some time that the agreed price of $42 billion is too […]
Musk said on Twitter that US billionaire Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX is losing about $20 million a month by providing its satellite internet service to Ukraine. Still, he continues to pay the bill for the Starlink internet terminals in the country. The company does not receive any money from […]
Security company Kaspersky discovered a WhatsApp clone that works like the real app but steals your account in the background. The app is currently being promoted in other Android apps, such as Snaptube and Vidmate. Called YoWhatsApp, it promises users several additional customization options, including the option to block access […]
Hackers likely stole data from nearly 300,000 Toyota customers. The Japanese car maker reported this on Friday. Toyota determined that 296,019 customer email addresses and associated customer numbers may have been compromised, it said in a press release. This concerns data from people who use Toyota’s online service T-Connect. At […]
To combat declining revenues, Meta has announced that it will add ‘slots’ for advertisements in various places on Instagram. Things are not going great with Instagram. This should be apparent from a financial quarter in which advertising revenues for the photo platform fell. To counter that and possibly send even […]
Google is pulling the plug on Stadia, its game streaming service. The company says that nearly three years after its launch, the service hasn’t been able to attract the desired number of gamers. Stadia was an attempt by Google to compete with consoles such as Playstation and Xbox. Via Stadia, […]
Europol gets an exception to the legislation that allows it to keep data of people without criminal links for longer, but that is not to the liking of the watchdog that has to monitor the privacy rules at European institutions. The EDPS, the EU Data Protection Supervisor, is going to […]
The attack on authentication company Twilio early this month appears to be much broader than first thought. Password manager LastPass and authentication company Authy are also among the victims. With two-factor authentication, in addition to your password, you also need an extra unique code or confirmation to log in. At […]
