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Court: ‘X in violating of DSA by shadowbanning account of Dutch entrepreneur’
The court of Amsterdam condemns X of shadowbanning the account of a Dutch user. The social media platform is therefore in violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Kaspersky is closing its doors in the United States this week
The Moscow-based cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky is shutting down its operation in the United States on Saturday July 20.
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Wired: AT&T paid hacker 370,000 dollar to erase stolen data
AT&T supposedly paid the hacker who’s responsible for the recent data theft over 370,000 dollar to delete the data. Furthermore, the American telecommunications company demanded a video that provides proof of the deletion.
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Rite Aid discloses security incident after cyberattack
Rite Aid, an American pharmacy chain, confirms in a statement that it suffered from “a limited cybersecurity incident” in June and is currently in the process of finalizing their investigation.
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Hackers claim to have stolen 1.1 TB of Slack data from Disney
The hacking group known as NullBulge says it has stolen over 1.1 terabyte of data from Disney’s Slack server.
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ARRL confirms data breach by unknown threat actor
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the National Association for Amateur Radio, has disclosed that ‘an unauthorized third-party’ stole personal information of some of its employees.
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Researchers discover over 700 illicit domains selling fake tickets for Olympic Games
Security researchers have identified 708 domains that are linked to a campaign that’s selling counterfeit tickets for the Olympic Games, a sporting event that’s being held this Summer in Paris.
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FBCS informs customers about data breach
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), an American collecting agency, has disclosed a data breach, affecting over 4 million customers.
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Neiman Marcus data breach exposes over 31 million email addresses
According to the Australian cybersecurity specialist Troy Hunt the data breach at Neiman Marcus was much bigger: he discovered that over 31 million unique email addresses and other personal details were stolen.
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Fujitsu acknowledges customer data was stolen in cyberattack
Japanese tech manufacturer Fujitsu admits that personal and business-related information was stolen during a cyber attack that took place a few months ago.
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Do I really need to read the privacy notice? Yes, says ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the privacy watchdog of the United Kingdom, encourages people to check how an app is planning to use personal information before signing up.
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China accused of cyber espionage by state-sponsored hackers
Law enforcement agencies and intelligence services from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom accuse the People’s Republic of China for conducting malicious cyber operations against Western government organizations.
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Noyb files complaint against Xandr for GDPR violations
Xandr, an advertising broker and Microsoft subsidiary, collects, combines and shares sensitive personal information of millions of Europeans to thousands of advertisers, without honoring the rules laid down in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Delivery Hero could face 400 million euro antitrust fine
The Berlin-based food takeaway firm Delivery Hero is warning investors that the European Commission might impose a 400 million euro fine.
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Hacker threatens to leak ticket information for thousands of Swifties
The threat actor known as Sp1d3rHunters claims to have stolen ticket data for over 166,000 Taylor Swift fans. He’s demanding 2 million dollars from Ticketmaster.
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Personal information of Zotac customers out in the open due to faulty server configuration
Zotac, a manufacturer of high-performance graphic cards and mini PC solutions, dropped the ball and made a huge mistake. By simply entering the right search query in Google Search, all kinds of personal information of both corporate and consumer purchases were visible.
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Shopify refutes data breach, says third-party is to blame
Shopify, a Canadian e-commerce platform for online stores, denies that it suffered a data breach. Instead, it blames a third-party for the loss on consumer data.
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Cloudflare offers free tool to block AI bots
The San Francisco-based internet service provider Cloudflare has introduced a new tool that blocks AI bots, web crawlers and scraping software.
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Proton launches privacy-focused document editor Docs in Proton Drive
Proton announced a brand-new collaborative document editor with end-to-end encryption named Docs in Proton Drive.
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Law enforcement authorities take down 593 Cobalt Strike servers
During operation MORPHEUS law enforcement authorities from numerous countries were able to take down 593 servers that were linked to Cobalt Strike.
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