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National Crime Agency no longer elite crime fighting force, report says
The National Crime Agency (NCA) was long considered as the United Kingdom’s elite crime fighting force, being at the forefront of the fight against cybercrime, corruption, money laundering, and fraud. However, the British law enforcement agency is currently “on its knees”.
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European Court upholds € 2.42B fine for Google for favoring Google Shopping
The appeal that was lodged by Google and parent company Alphabet is dismissed. The European Court of Justice maintains the € 2.42 billion fine that was imposed by the European Commission to Google for favoring its own online shopping service.
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Apple has to pay € 13B in taxes to Ireland, plus interest
After a legal battle that lasted over eight years, the European Court of Justice has decided that Apple had received unlawful tax advantages for years from Ireland.
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Musician charged with music streaming fraud using AI
Michael Smith, a 52 year old musician from Cornelius, North Carolina, is being charged with manipulating streaming data to collect millions of dollars in royalty payments.
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EFF: ‘Think of school monitoring software as deep surveillance tool’
United States schools claim they install AI-powered monitoring software on students’ devices and accounts to safeguard their safety. In reality, the software may do more harm than good.
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Australia preparing to introduce minimum age for social media
Australia is planning to set a minimum age for children to use social media. The government is concerned that social media platforms affect mental and physical health and incite criminal online activity.
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Telegram CEO promises to take on crime, says platform is not perfect
Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov says he will make it his ‘personal goal’ to combat criminal activities on its platform, but he admits finding the right balance between privacy and security isn’t easy.
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Belgian DPA imposes penalty on Mediahuis for illegal cookie banners
The Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (GBA) has imposed a conditional penalty on online publisher Mediahuis for a number of infringements in the use of cookie banners on four of its websites.
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Russian and Kazakhstani men arrested and indicted for running dark web marketplaces
Two men have been arrested in Miami for running dark web criminal marketplaces. If found guilty, they could face a 20-year prison sentence.
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RansomHub claims responsibility for cyberattack on Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood, a New York-based nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care services, has suffered a cyberattack. Ransomware operation RansomHub claims to be responsible for the attack.
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Microchip Technology acknowledges data was stolen in cyberattack
American chip and semiconductor manufacturer Microchip Technology confirms that hackers stole confidential information that was stored on company servers.
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BEUC: ‘Tech companies massively ignore Digital Markets Act’
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft: all of these tech companies fail to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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Halliburton confirms cyberattack, acknowledges data was stolen
Texas-based oil and gas company Halliburton has confirmed that it was the victim of a cyberattack and that data was stolen during the attack.
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Clearview has to pay €30.5M fine for illegal data collection
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of € 30.5 million for illegally building a photo database for facial recognition services and not being transparent about the use of photos and biometric data.
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South Korea launching investigation into Telegram over distribution of deepfake pornos
The South Korean police have opened a preliminary investigation into Telegram. The authorities suspect that the instant messaging service platform is complicit in the distribution of deepfake porn in the country.
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Security camera firm Verkada fined $ 2.95M due to poor security
Camera manufacturer Verkada has to develop and implement a comprehensive information security program and pay a $ 2.95 million monetary penalty to settle allegations against the company.
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Uber shared personal information of its drivers with law enforcement agencies
Uber shared personal information of its drivers with law enforcement agencies if they put out an information request. The company did so for several years.
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Swedish pharmacies penalized for sharing personal data with Meta
The Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY), the Swedish data protection authority (DPA), has imposed a fine on Apoteket AB and Apohem AB for transferring personal data of clients to Meta.
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Fota Wildlife Park hit by cyberattack
Fota Wildlife Park in Cork, Ireland, has been struck by a cyberattack and is advising customers to block their credit card if they used it to pay on the park’s website.
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Data breach at Durex India, intimate details out in the open
The Indian branch of Durex has suffered a data breach.
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