July 12, 2022

Paying ransomware crooks won’t reduce your legal risk, warns regulator

"We paid the crooks to keep things under control and make a bad thing better"... isn't a valid excuse. Who knew?

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May 23, 2022

Clearview AI face-matching service fined a lot less than expected

The fine has finally gone through... but it's less than 45% of what was originally proposed.

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November 30, 2021

Clearview AI face-matching service set to be fined over $20m

Scraping data for a facial recognition service? "That's unlawful", concluded both the British and the Australians.

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October 20, 2021

“To the moon!” Cryptocurrency hamster Mr Goxx trades online 24/7

Here's a happy cryptocurrency story for once, with not a cybercrook in sight.

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March 06, 2020

Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years

The ICO found a "catalog of errors," including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus.

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January 24, 2020

Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online

A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children's health and safety before data-collecting profits.

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November 25, 2019

OneCoin crypto-scam lawyer found guilty of worldwide $400m fraud

A lawyer who boasted of making "50 by 50" - as in, $50m by the age of 50 - is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.

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November 22, 2019

Why cryptocoin scams work, and how to avoid them

What are ICOs, why are they so popular and why do crooks love them so much?

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November 06, 2019

Founders of ‘worthless cryptocurrency’ ATM Coin fined over $4.25m scam

Invest in "binary options," they said, neglecting to mention the software set up to rig transactions so that customers lost the gamble.

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