Adam Levin Discusses Employment Scams on CBS This Morning

Adam Levin was featured on CBS This Morning where he discussed employment scams, in which fictitious companies dupe victims into spending their own money...
Vermont law data broker

Vermont Law Shines Light on Data Brokers

A newly enacted Vermont law offers a glimpse at companies engaged in the compiling and selling of individual user data. Under H.764 (Act 171), third-party...
Tik Tok

TikTok Fined Record Amount for Collecting Children’s Data

The Federal Trade Commission fined the popular social media and video sharing service TikTok a record $5.7 million for illegally collecting the personal data...
DNS hacking

ICANN Urges Greater Domain Name Security

The infrastructure at the core of the internet is vulnerable to attack from state-sponsored hackers, its governing body warned.  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names...
Intuit Data Breach

TurboTax Hit By Credential Stuffing Attack

An undisclosed number of TurboTax customer accounts have been compromised in a credential stuffing attack. “Based on our investigation,” a notice told affected users,...
Chinese surveillance

Unsecured Database Reveals Scope of Chinese Surveillance

According to a recent report, information from a leaked database revealed the extent to which China is tracking its citizens, particularly its Uyghur and...
Facebook in the EU and UK

“Digital Gangster” Facebook’s Faceplant in the EU and UK Markets

As Brexit looms, the UK and the EU can still agree that Facebook needs to be reined in. A report published earlier this month...
Russian election hacking

DHS De-Prioritizes Foreign Interference Ahead of 2020 Elections

A new report revealed that two federal task forces committed to securing the 2020 elections lost resources and personnel--both budgets drastically reduced by the...
facebook ftc fine

Facebook May Be Fined for Billions for Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Facebook’s long string of privacy scandals may (finally) have some meaningful repercussions by way of a multi-billion dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission....

GAO Recommends Stiffer Penalties for Privacy Violations

The U.S. Federal Government should pass legislation protecting citizens’ privacy online, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO study...