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For the second time in two years, smartphone maker OnePlus has been the victim of a cyberattack. Hackers accessed thousands of OnePlus customer data through a vulnerability in the vendor’s website. The company admitted that hackers had accessed sensitive details including customers’ contact numbers, names and addresses but stressed that no payment information and passwords had been […]
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A new report by Amnesty International claims that Facebook and Google’s surveillance poses an unprecedented danger to human rights. The group has now called for the core business model of both companies to be dramatically overhauled. Due to the mass aggregation of personal data, they claim this is violating people’s right to privacy and restricts
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The Information Commissioner has sent out letters to the main political parties, reminding them that they must comply with data protection laws ahead of the forthcoming election on December 12. There’s no doubt that the ICO is very strict about the use of data in political campaigning. Letter The letter read: “A dedicated election hub
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Hackers might have gained unauthorised access to the internet-connected Ring doorbell and potentially any other devices connected to it. A security vulnerability which was discovered could have allowed cyber criminals to intercept the owner’s wi-fi networks. Since the possible breach was discovered, Ring Doorbell Pro cameras have now received a security patch to mitigate the issue.
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One of the UK’s biggest housing associations in the UK may have suffered a data leak. The Home Group, which is based in Newcastle, has notified around 4000 customers that their personal details may have been stolen. The BBC revealed that customer names, addresses and contact information had been compromised, but no financial data. The
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In the past three months, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued 340 fines to organisations that have not paid the data protection fee. The largest fee handed out was for £4,000 and four organisations were made to pay that sum. The ICO’s latest data protection fees trends report revealed that the fees were issued
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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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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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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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