The United States government sued Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee and NSA contractor, to block payment for his book, Permanent Record. The US DoJ filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden to prevent the former CIA employee and National Security...
The US Treasury placed sanctions on three North Korea-linked hacking groups, the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. The US Treasury sanctions on three North Korea-linked hacking groups, the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff, and Andarial. The...
MICROCHIPS Act (S. 2316) - Two US Senators have introduced a bill to protect US government supply chain against foreign sabotage and cyber espionage. Two US senators have introduced legislation a bill, dubbed Manufacturing, Investment and Controls...
The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and is instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations over the Cambridge Analytica...
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook will be obliged to pay a $5 Billion fine to settle the investigation conducted by the United...
The UK's data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The company replied that it will fight against the fine, it could reply to the UK ICO's...
City Council of Somerville, a Boston suburb, has voted to ban the use of facial recognition system by police and other city offices. The City Council of Somerville, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb, has decided to ban the use of facial recognition system...
The Italian data protection watchdog fined Facebook for one million euros ($1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. The Italian data protection watchdog, the DPA ("Garante per la protezione dei dati...
Hungarian police arrested a young hacker because he discovered and exploited serious vulnerabilities in the systems of the Magyar Telekom Which are the risks for a hacker that decide to publicly disclose a vulnerability? The case I'm going to discuss...
The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under GDPR.The French data protection watchdog CNIL announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for US search giant Google under...