FaceApp

Beware Fun: Should You be Worried about FaceApp? Maybe

If you’ve been on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and doubtless other social platforms over the past few days, you have probably seen pictures of friends...
Desjardins data breach

Canadian Credit Union Desjardins Data Breached by Employee

Canadian financial institution Desjardins reported a data breach that compromised the personal information of 2.7 million customers and 173,000 businesses. The compromised data included names,...
Children's online privacy

Tech Giants Are Using Children’s Online Data Like It’s 1999 (or...

While there is significantly more to be done to protect our data, consumers have never been better apprised of the imperiled state of their...
eavesdrop

Google Employees Are Eavesdropping on Customers

Google employees and subcontractors are listening to recordings gleaned from Google Home smart speakers and the Google Assistant smartphone app. A report from Belgian news...
Facebook Libra

Does Anyone Like Facebook’s Libra Currency?

Facebook’s plans to launch a new currency in cahoots with other digital giants is encountering heavy interference from the Congress and the Federal Reserve...
British Airways GDPR

British Airways Faces Record GDPR Fine

The 2018 data breach of British Airways may prove to be a record-breaking data compromise with the announcement of a newly proposed $230 million...
Russian election interference

Two Russians Accused of Election Interference Arrested in Libya

In international election security news, the Libyan government arrested two men with ties to a Russian troll farm. They are accused of working to...
compromise by proxy

Compromise by Proxy? Why You Should Be Losing Sleep Tonight

If you've heard of the medical bill collector American Medical Collections Agency (AMCA), it's probably not because you saw an ad on TV. Most...
Equifax prison

Prison Time for Former Equifax Executive

The former CIO of Equifax has been sentenced to prison for selling his stock in the company before news of its 2017 data breach...
Election security obstruction

Senate Republicans Block Election Security Bill

A bill that would provide a billion dollars to states for election security was blocked by Senate Republicans. The Election Security Act, proposed by presidential...