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Data breaches hitting more companies than ever

An astonishing six in every ten businesses have suffered a data breach in the last three years. Bitdefender   (https://www.techradar.com/news/data-breaches-hitting-more-companies-than-ever )carried out research of more than 6,000 cybersecurity professionals from across the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Italy and Spain to compile its global Hacked Off! study. They found that: 90% of data breaches are caused by

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Major Samsung Galaxy s10 and Galaxy Note 10 security flaw exposed

Phone giant Samsung has been hit with another security breach after users found the Galaxy S10 model allows anyone to unlock the devices when covered in third-party screen protectors. Now banks have withdrawn fingerprint authentication support on the smartphones after the glitch was revealed last week. Natwest and Nationwide have withdrawn support after it was

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China in spying app row

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Cybersecurity experts have warned that a mobile app promoting the ideology of the communist president could have been spying on 100 million citizens. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s app ‘Study (Xi) Strong Country’ was made mandatory for all communist party members to download and read everyday. Many citizens have had wages ‘tied’ to the app making it a

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Twitter privacy breach

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Twitter has apologised after misusing personal data for advertising purposes. Twitter said that it “unintentionally” used phone numbers and email addresses for advertising purposes even though the information was provided by users for two-factor authentication. No personal data was shared with the company’s third-party partners and said the “issue that allowed this to occur” has

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sues Mail on Sunday over breach of GDPR

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is suing the Mail on Sunday newspaper after they published a handwritten letter she’d sent to her estranged father. A statement was issued on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s official website and she started proceedings in the high court over the misuse of private information, infringement of copyright and breach

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Amazon promotes baby monitors that let hackers spy on children

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Home security cameras promoted and sold by Amazon come with “huge” security flaws, according to a new report. Worryingly, thousands of children are at risk as the Chinese made cameras are often marketed as baby monitors, according to a new report by Which? The devices claim to provide safety for families and their babies, but

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GDPR and Brexit

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Deal or no deal? No, this is not a reference to the popular Noel Edmonds gameshow and there are no winners. In the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, with no agreed arrangements covering data protection, the Government is advising organisations to prepare appropriate contracts to ensure any transfer of European Union citizens’ personal data to

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