data breach
Facebook users eligible for data breach compensation: German court
Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that Facebook users whose data was illegally accessed in 2018 and 2019 are eligible for compensation.
Citizen data server? More like a data supermarket
It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups
Government mishandling of personal data: Where does it end?
Are these incidents of data breach and data leaks not contradictory to the very image of the smart, digital, developed Bangladesh that they are desperately trying to portray or advertise?
Massive data leak exposes over 26 bln records
Cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko and the Cybernews team have unveiled a massive data leak, referred to as the ‘Mother of all Breaches’ (MOAB), containing 12 terabytes of information encompassing 26 billion records. This supermassive breach contains data from numerous previous breaches, including major platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Adobe, Canva, Badoo, Weibo, Tencent, MySpace, Telegram, Dropbox, Daily Motion etc. making it potentially the largest-ever discovered data leak.
FBI takes down BlackCat ransomware; releases free tool for victims
The United States Justice Department (DoJ) has declared the disruption of the BlackCat ransomware operation and has released a decryption tool for over 500 affected victims to recover access to files that were locked by the malware. This confiscation effort saw collaboration and support from multiple law enforcement agencies across the United States, Germany, Denmark, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria.
What happens when our data gets leaked: Here's how concerned you should be
A recent security breach on the website of the Office of the Registrar General, Birth & Death Registration (BDRIS) has raised significant concerns regarding data privacy and the potential consequences individuals may face when their sensitive information falls into the wrong hands. Let's will delve into the implications of such a breach, highlighting the far-reaching effects on affected individuals.
Around 2,500 Bangladeshi ChatGPT users' data breached
The credentials of 2,463 Bangladeshi ChatGPT users have been breached over the past year, according to the Threat Intelligence Platform of global cybersecurity company Group-IB.
How can breaching citizens’ privacy be lawful?
We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight
Facebook users eligible for data breach compensation: German court
Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that Facebook users whose data was illegally accessed in 2018 and 2019 are eligible for compensation.
Citizen data server? More like a data supermarket
It's frightening to think citizens' private data is being sold through hundreds of social media pages and groups
Government mishandling of personal data: Where does it end?
Are these incidents of data breach and data leaks not contradictory to the very image of the smart, digital, developed Bangladesh that they are desperately trying to portray or advertise?
Massive data leak exposes over 26 bln records
Cybersecurity researcher Bob Dyachenko and the Cybernews team have unveiled a massive data leak, referred to as the ‘Mother of all Breaches’ (MOAB), containing 12 terabytes of information encompassing 26 billion records. This supermassive breach contains data from numerous previous breaches, including major platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Adobe, Canva, Badoo, Weibo, Tencent, MySpace, Telegram, Dropbox, Daily Motion etc. making it potentially the largest-ever discovered data leak.
FBI takes down BlackCat ransomware; releases free tool for victims
The United States Justice Department (DoJ) has declared the disruption of the BlackCat ransomware operation and has released a decryption tool for over 500 affected victims to recover access to files that were locked by the malware. This confiscation effort saw collaboration and support from multiple law enforcement agencies across the United States, Germany, Denmark, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria.
What happens when our data gets leaked: Here's how concerned you should be
A recent security breach on the website of the Office of the Registrar General, Birth & Death Registration (BDRIS) has raised significant concerns regarding data privacy and the potential consequences individuals may face when their sensitive information falls into the wrong hands. Let's will delve into the implications of such a breach, highlighting the far-reaching effects on affected individuals.
Around 2,500 Bangladeshi ChatGPT users' data breached
The credentials of 2,463 Bangladeshi ChatGPT users have been breached over the past year, according to the Threat Intelligence Platform of global cybersecurity company Group-IB.
How can breaching citizens’ privacy be lawful?
We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight