Bank fined 300,000 euros for automatic rejection credit card application
A Berlin-based bank has been fined 300,000 euros by the Berlin data protection commissioner. The fine was imposed…
June 9, 2023
Verizon DBIR: Use of stolen credentials in 44% of the cases
2023 Data Breach Investigations Report of which the dataset currentlycontains 953,894 incidents, of which 254,968 are confirmed breaches…
June 7, 2023
Risks of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT
Large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, have gained immense popularity and are being rapidly deployed by various…
June 1, 2023
NHS data breach: trusts shared patient details with Facebook without consent
An investigation by The Observer reveals that 20 NHS trusts in the UK have been sharing private details…
May 31, 2023
How personal does your car get with you?
Did you ever wonder what your car processes for data related to you? Event Data Recorders (EDRs) are…
May 29, 2023
A click on a .ZIP file could lead to a phishing domain
Phishers are using a new technique called “file archiver in the browser” to trick victims. They create a…
May 29, 2023
Safety Complaints of Tesla’s Autopilot self-driving and assistance feature in huge leak
German newspaper Handelsbatt received 100GB of data from informants at Tesla. The data contains information on thousands of…
May 28, 2023
Toyota exposed location data of 2.3 million customers for over a decade
Toyota has exposed the location data of 2.3 million customers for over a decade. The information was accessible…
May 14, 2023
Keep it Real Online
A New Zealand government advertising campaign aimed at promoting online safety for under 18s sells it with humor.
May 4, 2023
Android phone chip provider was secretly collecting user data
Security researchers discovered that a chip present in some Android phones manufactured by Qualcomm is collecting sensitive user…
May 3, 2023