Chinese phone maker OnePlus recently confirmed that the leak of their customer’s credit card information was caused by a breach of their systems. The company had already notified customers via email last Friday that their card numbers, expiry dates, and security codes "may have been...
It was recently revealed that Uber had quietly fixed a security flaw with their 2 factor authentication which was reported last Sunday. The bug could have allowed an attacker to log into user accounts, yet the ride-hailing giant downplayed the issue and said that it...
Recent reports from local press revealed that a hacker or hacking group may have stolen the healthcare information of around half of Norway’s population. The data, which is kept by a healthcare organization that manages hospitals in nine out of 18 Norway counties, was said...
Earlier this week, Senior counsel Shyam Divan argued to the five-judge Constitution Bench that the Aadhaar project is compelling citizens to share their sensitive personal data with private bodies. According to Divan, this is already in violation of fundamental rights, including the right to privacy. Divan...
In a recent interview, Australian Information Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim said that Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme, which will be put into effect on February 22, 2018, is expected to formalize the existing community expectations for transparency in the event of a breach. The NDB,...
Internet security company Redmorph recently announced its foray into the Indian market. The Pittsburgh-based IT firm said that its “Ultimate Privacy and Security Solution” app will allow smartphone users in India to protect their sensitive data when they go online. India, which has now surpassed the...
A 37-year old California woman was recently charged by the US Department of Justice for attempting to murder her 55-year old boyfriend. Rasheeda Johnson Turner admitted that she wanted to kill her ex, known as L.G. for fears that she might get removed from his life...
It was announced last Wednesday that health insurance company Aetna has settled a federal class-action lawsuit which accused it of breaching privacy laws for $17 million. Aetna was slapped with the lawsuit after it had used large windowed envelopes that revealed the HIV status of...
Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission recently slapped a digital marketing agency Social Metric with an $18,000 fine for “flagrant breach of privacy” after the latter was found to have displayed the personal information of hundreds of individuals on its website. The agency apparently published the personal...
Researchers from Pen Test Partners recently revealed that the security issues that they have discovered in VTech’s InnoTab are still present, even after the company had already been fined $650,000 by the US Federal Trade Commission. Pen Test Partners found in 2015 that it was possible...