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The Treasury Department is buying sensitive app data for investigations
The Treasury Department has bought sensitive app data for investigations, possibly bypassing due process.
Facebook sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 million users
Facebook has sued a man in Ukraine for allegedly swiping info for 178 million users.
Twitch says no passwords were leaked in security breach
The livestreaming site said it's confident that 'the customer impact is minimal.'
Twitch says 'server configuration change' led to massive data leak
Twitch has released an update on a massive hack that appears to have exposed source code, streamer payment figures and other information.
Twitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked following hack
Hackers claim to have accessed Twitch and leaked a vast amount of company data, including creator payouts, proprietary code and the "entirety of Twitch.tv."
Facebook has been giving misinformation researchers incomplete data
Facebook has reportedly been giving researchers flawed and incomplete information on how users interact with posts and links on the website.
T-Mobile CEO apologizes for data breach, announces security partnership with Mandiant
T-Mobile says it’s “truly sorry” about the data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 54 million customers.
Data leak exposed 38 million records, including COVID-19 vaccination statuses
A Microsoft misconfiguration reportedly left data from more than 1,000 web apps in the open.
T-Mobile confirms data breach affects over 47 million people
T-Mobile has confirmed that 47.8 million current and former or prospective customers had their info stolen as part of a cyberattack on the carrier's systems.
Amazon is offering $10 in credit for your palm print
Amazon is offering $10 in credit to entice people to enroll on to its palm print payments system.
Italian museum uses cameras to gauge the attractiveness of art
Italy's museums have begun rolling out a camera system that can measure how satisfied visitors are with a work of art.
Japan breaks internet speed record with a 319Tbps data transfer
Japanese researchers have broken an internet speed record by transferring data at 319Tbps — nearly twice as fast as last year's achievement.
China will tighten data privacy rules for tech companies seeking foreign investment
China is to introduce tougher data privacy rules for tech companies seeking stock market listings overseas.
Facebook, Google and Twitter threaten to leave Hong Kong over privacy law changes
Facebook, Google and Twitter have reportedly warned the Hong Kong government they would drop services in the territory if data protection law changes take effect.
UK competition regulator to supervise Google's Privacy Sandbox changes
The UK's competition regulator has agreed with Google to oversee its Privacy Sandbox changes.
Google's speedier internet standard is now an actual standard
Google's QUIC data technology is now an official internet standard, potentially improving connections worldwide.
Tesla capitulates to China's localized car data storage demands
Moving forward, Tesla will store all data from cars it sells in China at a local data center within the country.
China says TikTok's creator and LinkedIn are violating data privacy laws
China regulators have shamed TikTok creator ByteDance, LinkedIn, and other companies for allgedly abusing their collection and use of app data.
Apple accused of giving Chinese government control over local data
Apple has allegedly handed control of CHinese customer data to a state-owned company in China, according to a new report detailing its cybersecurity failures and compliance with local censors.
WhatsApp will gradually stop working if you don't agree to its new privacy policy
With its controversial privacy policy slated to go into effect this weekend, WhatsApp says it won't delete or deactivate the accounts of individuals who don't want to share their information with Facebook.