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820,000 people affected by Zacks Investment Research breach from November 2021
Brief 820,000 people affected by Zacks Investment Research breach from November 2021

Jonathan Greig January 25, 2023

Irish privacy regulator to take European Union body to court over unlawful interference
Brief Irish privacy regulator to take European Union body to court over unlawful interference

Alexander Martin January 19, 2023

More than 100 Mailchimp accounts accessed via social engineering cyberattack
Brief More than 100 Mailchimp accounts accessed via social engineering cyberattack

Jonathan Greig January 18, 2023

Thousands of Nissan customers affected by data breach through third-party vendor
Brief Thousands of Nissan customers affected by data breach through third-party vendor

Jonathan Greig January 18, 2023

Spyware company Intellexa fined €50,000 for holding up Greek inquiry

Alexander Martin January 18, 2023

Spyware company Intellexa fined €50,000 for holding up Greek inquiry
Meta sues ‘surveillance service’ for creating fake accounts and scraping user data

Alexander Martin January 13, 2023

Meta sues ‘surveillance service’ for creating fake accounts and scraping user data
TikTok CEO questioned by EU official over reports of ‘aggressive data harvesting and surveillance’
Brief TikTok CEO questioned by EU official over reports of ‘aggressive data harvesting and surveillance’

Alexander Martin January 10, 2023

Supreme Court dismisses spyware company NSO Group’s claim of immunity

Alexander Martin January 9, 2023

Supreme Court dismisses spyware company NSO Group’s claim of immunity
Irish privacy watchdog fines Meta $400 million amid disagreement among European authorities

Jonathan Greig January 4, 2023

Irish privacy watchdog fines Meta $400 million amid disagreement among European authorities
French data agency fines Microsoft $63 million for Bing cookie violations
Brief French data agency fines Microsoft $63 million for Bing cookie violations

Jonathan Greig December 28, 2022

Apple unveils new cybersecurity measure for iMessage, iCloud and more
Brief Apple unveils new cybersecurity measure for iMessage, iCloud and more

Jonathan Greig December 7, 2022

Google accuses Spanish spyware company of ties to zero-day exploitation framework

Jonathan Greig November 30, 2022

Google accuses Spanish spyware company of ties to zero-day exploitation framework
Meta fined $275 million over data scraping practices that violated GDPR
Brief Meta fined $275 million over data scraping practices that violated GDPR

Jonathan Greig November 28, 2022

Phishing attacks targeting Middle East countries double ahead of World Cup: report

Jonathan Greig November 18, 2022

Phishing attacks targeting Middle East countries double ahead of World Cup: report
Google to pay nearly $400 million over deceptive location tracking practices

Jonathan Greig November 14, 2022

Google to pay nearly $400 million over deceptive location tracking practices
A long-dormant Texas privacy law is finally being put to use against tech giants

Andrea Peterson October 21, 2022

A long-dormant Texas privacy law is finally being put to use against tech giants
Health care system says tracking pixel breach may have affected 3 million patients

Andrea Peterson October 20, 2022

Health care system says tracking pixel breach may have affected 3 million patients
Democracies are having a reckoning with mercenary spyware

Andrea Peterson October 19, 2022

Democracies are having a reckoning with mercenary spyware
Shares in Australia’s Medibank drop despite foiling ransomware attack

Alexander Martin October 17, 2022

Shares in Australia’s Medibank drop despite foiling ransomware attack
Microsoft disputes report on Office 365 Message encryption issue after awarding bug bounty

Jonathan Greig October 14, 2022

Microsoft disputes report on Office 365 Message encryption issue after awarding bug bounty
Biden signs new US-EU privacy framework, setting up surveillance safeguards

Andrea Peterson October 7, 2022

Biden signs new US-EU privacy framework, setting up surveillance safeguards
White House releases AI ‘bill of rights’ blueprint, calling for privacy protections
Brief White House releases AI ‘bill of rights’ blueprint, calling for privacy protections

Andrea Peterson October 4, 2022

LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data

Jonathan Greig October 3, 2022

LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data
Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented’ hack

Jonathan Greig September 26, 2022

Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented’ hack
US Treasury carves out Iran sanctions exceptions for internet providers

Jonathan Greig September 24, 2022

US Treasury carves out Iran sanctions exceptions for internet providers