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Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, Mozilla investigation says
“Your data is private. Period,” period tracker Stardust says on its website. As new Mozilla research has discovered, some users may find that claim to be…
British police say the arrest of two young hackers has disrupted the operations of a notorious hacking group
British police said on Thursday that the jailing of two hackers has “severely” hampered the activities of the notorious cyber crime group known as Scattered Spider.…
US blames Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts for cyberattacks that netted $62m from cybercrime victims
US Attorneys have charged three Russian nationals and two web hosts with hacking, conspiracy and money laundering for their alleged roles in hosting cyberattacks that caused…
A domain used by messaging app Telegram mysteriously went offline on Monday, with the app’s founder, Pavel Durov, saying that a X post that t.me links…
LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock lapse, citing ‘serious concerns’ about civil liberties and privacy
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is reportedly ending its agreement with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that helps law enforcement track vehicles using thousands of…
Apple says ex-employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI
On Friday, Apple dismissed the bombshell news that it was suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets, claiming that OpenAI stole Apple’s confidential data and engaged…
US cybersecurity agency CISA had to create the incident guide during the incident, the agency reveals
The U.S. federal cybersecurity agency CISA said it had no prepared response plan for how to handle a cybersecurity incident in May after an investigative reporter…
Angelo Martino of Florida has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiring with hackers to develop ransomware while working as a ransomware…
US insurer AssuranceAmerica has confirmed a data breach affecting the personal information and driver’s license numbers of 6.9 million people, making it the largest known leak…
The US military has reportedly fixed two of its websites that were defaced to display pro-Kurdish messages and shout out President Donald Trump, the latest case…