Pierluigi Paganini
March 09, 2020
Aussie privacy watchdog sues Facebook over alleged “systematic failures” exposing Australians to Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Australia’s privacy watchdog, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, sues Facebook for alleged “systematic failures” exposing more than 300,000 Australians to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Australia is the last country in order of time to announce a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 03, 2020
Pharmacy store chain Walgreens has disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers of its mobile application. Pharmacy store chain Walgreens has disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers of its mobile application. The mobile app allows users to refill prescriptions by scanning barcode, manage medications with Pill Reminder, set Rx alerts for refills […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 25, 2020
The popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal has been chosen by the European Commission for its communications. The European Commission has decided to adopt for its staff the popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal for its communications. The news was first reported earlier this month by the Politico website, a message issued on the commission’s […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 23, 2020
New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years. The lawsuit was filed by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2020
Google announced to have removed nearly 600 Android apps in the official Play Store that were violating two ad-related policies. Google removed from the official Play Store nearly 600 Android apps that were violating two ad-related policies, it also banned the same apps from Google AdMob and Google Ad Manager. “As part of our ongoing […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 19, 2020
Artificial intelligence is an immensely helpful tool for businesses and consumers alike, how to use artificial intelligence to secure sensitive Information Artificial intelligence (AI) is an immensely helpful tool for businesses and consumers alike. By processing data quickly and predicting analytics, AI can do everything from automating systems to protecting information. In fact, keeping data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2020
Tutanota, the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. Since early February, the Russian government has blocked other encrypted email and VPN services in Russia, including ProtonMail and ProtonVPN VPN service. Tutanota is listed in the registry of blocked […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 15, 2020
Photos and personal information belonging to patients of the NextMotion plastic surgery tech firm have been exposed online through an unsecured S3 bucket. Hundreds of thousands of documents containing photos and personal information belonging to patients of the plastic surgery technology company NextMotion have been exposed online through an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2020
A Russian court fined Twitter and Facebook 4 million rubles each for refusing to store the personal data of Russian citizens on local servers. At the end of January, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. On Thursday, a court […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2020
Unauthorized use of customer information by Woori Bank, ‘crime act’ for customers. The bank changed 23,000 passwords in 2018 without consent. It is controversial that Woori Bank changed the passwords of 23,000 customer dormant accounts without consent in July 2018. The accounts are deactivated if there is no transaction for one year after their opening. […]
