Laws and regulations

Google obtained a temporary court order against CryptBot distributors

Google obtained a temporary court order in the U.S. to disrupt the operations of the CryptBot information stealer. Google announced that…

11 months ago

Italy’s Data Protection Authority temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Italy’s data protection agency is temporarily blocking the popular chatbot ChatGPT due to a possible violation of the European data privacy regulation.…

12 months ago

Feds arrested Pompompurin, the alleged owner of BreachForums

U.S. law enforcement arrested this week a US citizen suspected to be Pompompurin, the notorious owner of the BreachForums cybercrime…

1 year ago

Russian Government evaluates the immunity to hackers acting in the interests of Russia

The Russian Government proposed to give a sort of immunity to the hackers that operate in the interests of Moscow.…

1 year ago

Twitter restricted in Turkey after the earthquake amid disinformation fear

Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake. Global internet…

1 year ago

The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta's WhatsApp €5.5 million for violating data protection laws. The popular messaging app…

1 year ago

Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Google will pay $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits in the US over its deceptive location tracking practices. Google…

1 year ago

Facebook (Meta) to settle Cambridge Analytica data leak for $725M

Facebook (Meta) has agreed to pay $725 million to settle the class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica…

1 year ago

Facebook (Meta) to settle Cambridge Analytica data leak for $725M

Facebook (Meta) has agreed to pay $725 million to settle the class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica…

1 year ago

Irish data protection commission fines Meta over 2021 data-scraping leak

Irish data protection commission (DPC) fined Meta for not protecting Facebook's users' data from scraping. Meta has been fined €265 million…

1 year ago

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