October 08, 2019

Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France

It's coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator's protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy.

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September 03, 2019

China’s new face-swapping app Zao gets whiplash-fast privacy backlash

Fast trip: in two days, it debuted, shot to the top of China's App Store, sparked privacy outrage, and got banned by WeChat.

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August 28, 2019

Romance scams – 80 people charged with ripping off millions of dollars

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.

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August 12, 2019

GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests

A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - right of access requests.

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July 30, 2019

Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws

Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more.

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July 29, 2019

Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election, Senate report says

The Senate Intelligence Committee doesn't know what Moscow's intentions are, but Robert Mueller says they're still at it.

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June 06, 2019

Gang charged with $19 million iPhone scam

It was a well-oiled business, with Top Dogs fencing devices, forgers cooking up fake IDs with stolen PII, and runners ripping off phones.

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June 05, 2019

ATM skimming crook behind bars after draining accounts for 2 years

A multi-state ATM card-skimming spree netted his gang over $800k from 531 people's bank accounts.

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May 29, 2019

Three tech-support scammers charged with ripping off the elderly

The defendants allegedly pulled in over $1.3 million over the course of about six years for unnecessary and undelivered tech support.

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