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Line app allowed Chinese firm to access personal user data

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: In a press conference today, the Japanese government announced it was investigating the parent company behind the Line instant messaging app after a local newspaper reported that engineers at one of the app’s Chinese contractors accessed the messages and personal details of Line users. Read more on The Record.

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Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Dissent

Dan Sullivan reports: The Tampa teen who took control of well-known Twitter accounts last summer and used them to solicit more than $100,000 in Bitcoin pleaded guilty to state charges Tuesday in exchange for a three-year prison sentence. In a deal with prosecutors, Graham Ivan Clark agreed to serve three years in prison, followed by…

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French Data Watchdog CNIL Opens Probe Into Clubhouse App

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Dissent

Stephanie Bodoni reports: France’s data-protection watchdog said it’s opened a probe into private social media app Clubhouse following a complaint. French regulator CNIL said on Wednesday it questioned Alpha Exploration Co. Inc., the U.S. company behind the invite-only app, about the measures taken for the app to comply with EU rules on March 12. Read more on Bloomberg.

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Ca: Coleman Group says it caught cyberattack in progress that may have accessed employee files

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Dissent

Mike Moore reports: The Coleman Group of Companies says it was the target of a cyberattack in late February and has reason to believe some of its human resources and payroll files were accessed. According to the company, those files contain names, addresses, social insurance numbers and banking information of employees both past and present. Greg Gill,…

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Zoom convinces court to throw out some claims against it in consolidated lawsuit

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Dissent

Zoom reportedly convinced   federal judge Lucy Koh to trim claims in consolidated class action lawsuits accusing them of illegally sharing data with and failing to shield users from “Zoombombings.”  The Zoom Privacy Class Action Lawsuits are In re: Zoom Video Communications Inc. Privacy Litigation, Case No. 5:20-cv-02155-LHK, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California,…

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DE: EDAG Engineering Group AG affected by cyber attack

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Dissent

DGAP reports: Several EDAG Group companies were targeted by a cyber attack on the night of March 12th to 13th. In accordance with the emergency protocol, all affected IT network systems were shut down immediately. In accordance with the protocol, the IT crisis team called on all the necessary internal and external technical experts to determine…

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