A Georgia court today heard arguments concerning that state’s voting apparatus and its susceptibility to being hacked, along with an argument by the plaintiffs asking the state to dump their electronic machines and switch to paper ballots for the upcoming election. During the day-long proceedings, the court heard testimony from several cybersecurity experts who stated…
Nearly one-third of surveyed companies that experienced a data breach in the previous 12 months said the incident cost certain employees their jobs. Conducted by Kaspersky Lab last March and April, the “Global Corporate IT Security Risks Survey” elicited responses from 5,878 businesses across 29 countries. Among this data set, 1,062 small-to-medium-sized businesses and 863…
The Internet Association, which represents more than 40 companies, including Facebook, Alphabet, Microsoft and Twitter, came out Tuesday in favor “an economy-wide, national approach to regulation that protects the privacy of all Americans” rather than adhere to a bundle of individual state laws like the recently passed California Consumer Privacy Act. The group seeks “meaningful controls over how…
In a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today, executives from Facebook and Twitter attempted to convince lawmakers that they have successfully stepped up efforts to combat foreign influencers’ attempts to abuse their platforms in order to spread disinformation and sow discord amongst democratic institutions. Facebook also fielded questions related to its oft criticized user data privacy practices, while Google invited scorn by…
Revising its privacy policies, encrypted messaging service Telegram this week announced on its website that moving forward it will cooperate with terror investigations by providing relevant authorities with suspects’ IP addresses and phone numbers, pending a court order.
Despite fears that GDPR restrictions could hinder researchers’ ability to identify and shut down spammers, it does not appear that junk email campaigns have accelerated their operations since the sweeping data privacy regulations took effect in Europe on May 25.
Facebook reportedly withdrew its free mobile VPN app Onavo Protect from the Apple Store last week after Apple expressed concern over data privacy violations.
The U.S. Treasury is calling for sweeping changes in fin-tech consumer protections, including an increased control given to consumers over their data and a national data breach notification standard. The agency also called for the embracing of efficient and responsible use of consumer financial data and competitive technologies, according to a July 31 report. The…
UnityPoint Health in Des Moines, Iowa, is warning patients of a data breach that could impact 1.4 million patients. A series of phishing attacks disguised as emails from a trusted executive within the organization resulted in an employee taking the bait enabling access to sensitive company information. Patient information including names, addresses, dates of birth,…
When a local resident filed an Open Records Act request after noticing surveillance cameras had been installed in a public park without prior notice, the police department denied his request.
