Swedish government IT system hacked

A large amount of sensitive information allegedly coming from a Swedish government IT system has been posted on the darknet, according to Dagens Nyheter and Expressen. DN writes that the newspaper has taken note of the leak and that it Read More …

Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed

Researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification checks say they discovered an exposed frontend belonging to Persona, the identity-verification vendor used by Discord. It revealed a far more expansive surveillance and financial intelligence stack than a simple “teen safety” tool. A short while Read More …

Italian digital identity provider suffers data breach, 5.5M customers affected

InfoCert has had millions of its customers’ personal data stolen and put up for sale. A leading European certification authority and provider of digital identity services such as Italy’s SPID (Public Digital Identity System), InfoCert posted a public notice on Read More …