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US K-12 and Colleges Suffered 1,300 Data Breaches in 15 Years
More than 24.5 million records belonging to K–12 school districts and colleges in the United States have been hit by around 1,300 data breaches since 2005, according to a new report from ...
Hacker Charged in Germany for Stealing and Leaking Private Data of Public Figures and Politicians
A 22-year old accused of publishing private data on multiple public figures in Germany, including politicians, has been charged with various computer crimes and other infractions. The hacker is accused of attacks ...
FBI Warns About People Sharing Security Information on Social Media
The FBI issued a warning regarding a worrying social media trend, with seemingly innocuous activities that would give possible attackers information they could use to gain access to once-protected data and accounts ...
Zoom Removes Facebook SDK on iOS Because It Sent Back Unnecessary Information
After reports that the Zoom app on iOS was sending details about the users’ devices to Facebook, even if they had no Facebook account, the company announced that it removed the Facebook ...
Consumers increasingly leery of companies capitalizing on their private data
Internet users are increasingly distrustful when it comes to big companies collecting and selling their private data to advertisers and others. At the same time, nearly half of customers feel disarmed, or ...
GDPR will punish lax mobile security. Are you prepared?
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018, and companies the world over are now racing to address the new rules and achieve compliance. And they’d ...
