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Proton introduces privacy-focused writing assistant Scribe
Proton has announced Scribe, a smart and privacy-first writing assistant that’s built into Proton Mail and helps you with composing and improving your drafts.
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MarineMax data breach affects over 123,000 customers and employees
MarineMax, an American recreational boat and yacht retailer, says that a data breach, which happened last March, has impacted 123,494 individuals.
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EU Court says European Commission can label TikTok as a gatekeeper
According to the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Commission is allowed to designate ByteDance’s social media platform TikTok as a gatekeeper, as is determined to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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Furniture company shuts down systems after cyberattack
Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. noticed that an unauthorized party had gained access to its business network.
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ZTE Nubia presents newest high-end gaming smartphone Red Magic 9S Pro
Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE Nubia has launched a brand-new flagship called the Red Magic 9S Pro, a gaming smartphone with ‘game-changing power’.
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Kaspersky offers six months of free anti-virus software for U.S. customers
Russian security software provider Kaspersky is offering free security products for six months, solely to consumers in the United States.
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Dutch DPA fines AS Watson for installing tracking cookies without consent
The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA), imposes a 600,000 euro fine on AS Watson, an international health and beauty retailer.
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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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