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WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish DPC for GDPR violation

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined WhatsApp Ireland €5.5 million ($5.95M) after confirming that the communications service has violated the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- Bill Toulas
- January 22, 2023
- 10:11 AM
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New York man defrauded thousands using credit cards sold on dark web

A New York resident has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud using stolen credit cards purchased on dark web cybercrime marketplaces.
- Bill Toulas
- January 18, 2023
- 12:06 PM
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Russians hacked JFK airport’s taxi dispatch system for profit

Two U.S. citizens were arrested for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to hack the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) taxi dispatch system to move specific taxis to the front of the queue in exchange for a $10 fee.
- Bill Toulas
- December 21, 2022
- 01:29 PM
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Australia will now fine firms up to AU$50 million for data breaches

The Australian parliament has approved a bill to amend the country's privacy legislation, significantly increasing the maximum penalties to AU$50 million for companies and data controllers who suffered large-scale data breaches.
- Bill Toulas
- November 30, 2022
- 12:26 PM
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US bans sales of Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, and Dahua equipment

The United States government, through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has banned the sale of equipment from Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance vendor Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due "unacceptable risks to national security".
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2022
- 09:18 AM
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U.S. charges Russian suspects with operating Z-Library e-Book site

Anton Napolsky (33) and Valeriia Ermakova (27), two Russian nationals, were charged with intellectual property crimes linked to Z-Library, a pirate online eBook repository.
- Bill Toulas
- November 17, 2022
- 08:04 AM
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Influencer 'Hushpuppi' gets 11 years in prison for cyber fraud

An Instagram influencer known as 'Hushpuppi' has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for conspiring to launder tens of millions of USD from business email compromise (BEC) scams and various cyber schemes.
- Bill Toulas
- November 08, 2022
- 09:39 AM
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HP will pay customers for blocking non-HP ink cartridges in EU

HP printer owners forced to use HP ink and toner cartridges in Europe will receive compensation from the vendor for not adequately informing them about the limitations of the devices they bought.
- Bill Toulas
- September 12, 2022
- 01:24 PM
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Coinbase funds lawsuit against Tornado Cash cryptomixer sanctions

Coinbase announced on Tuesday that it is funding a lawsuit brought by six people in the U.S. against the Department of Treasury's for the sanctions on the Tornado Cash open-source cryptocurrency mixer platform.
- Bill Toulas
- September 09, 2022
- 02:45 PM
- 4
Mobile store owner hacked T-Mobile employees to unlock phones

A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in California has been found guilty of a $25 million scheme where he illegally accessed T-Mobile's internal systems to unlock and unblock cell phones.
- Bill Toulas
- August 02, 2022
- 11:02 AM
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U.S. DOJ will no longer prosecute ethical hackers under CFAA

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a revision of its policy on how federal prosecutors should charge violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), carving out "good-faith" security research from being prosecuted.
- Bill Toulas
- May 19, 2022
- 01:24 PM
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US eases sanctions that may lead to Russia's Internet isolation

Today, the U.S. has announced exemptions on previously imposed sanctions on Russia related to telecommunications and internet-based communications, likely to prevent Russians from being isolated from Western news sources.
- Bill Toulas
- April 08, 2022
- 09:43 AM
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EU draft law adds security checks to all crypto transactions

The European Parliament has taken the first steps for new legislation against money-laundering that covers cryptocurrency transactions, which are an important part of illicit activities today.
- Bill Toulas
- April 01, 2022
- 08:55 AM
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Piracy OK: Russia to ease software licensing rules after sanctions

The Russian authorities are drafting a set of measures to support the country's economy against the pressure of foreign sanctions, and when it comes to software licensing, the proposal greenlights a form of piracy.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2022
- 11:19 AM
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Diversity job board Canvas.com ordered to stop using domain name

Diversity recruiting site Canvas.com has been ordered by a U.S. District judge to drop the use of the domain name over a trademark dispute.
- Ax Sharma
- January 07, 2022
- 11:52 AM
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Google, Apple fined by Italian authority for aggressive data collection

Italy's competition authority (Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) has announced a fine of 10 million Euros ($11.3 million) against Google and Apple.
- Bill Toulas
- November 26, 2021
- 01:42 PM
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Victims of $2 billion BitConnect fraud to get back $57 million

U.S. law enforcement authorities will start liquidating roughly $57 million worth of cryptocurrency seized from the now-defunct BitConnect crypto exchange to provide some restitution to defrauded investors.
- Bill Toulas
- November 17, 2021
- 11:02 AM
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Engineer reports data leak to nonprofit, hears from the police

A security engineer and ex-contributor to the open systems non-profit organization, Apperta Foundation, recently reported a data leak to them. In return, he gets contacted by their lawyers and eventually the police.
- Ax Sharma
- March 25, 2021
- 04:35 AM
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Amazon sacks insiders over data leak, alerts customers

Amazon has recently dismissed multiple employees for leaking customer data including their email addresses to an unaffiliated third-party. The company has sent out an email announcement to the affected customers following the incident.
- Ax Sharma
- October 27, 2020
- 04:33 AM
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Ryuk Ransomware Attacked Epiq Global Via TrickBot Infection

Legal services and e-discovery giant Epiq Global took their systems offline on Saturday after the Ryuk Ransomware was deployed and began encrypting devices on their network.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 04, 2020
- 05:28 PM
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