Discord’s updated Terms of Service are exactly the wrong response to its recent data breaches

It seems that Discord has been in the news for one reason or another lately, ranging from layoffs to massive privacy breaches and information theft by third parties. And now there’s something new on the horizon — one that may Read More …

Mandatory cyber requirements after Change Healthcare attack opposed by health sector

The American Hospital Association has opposed mandatory cybersecurity requirements proposed for the healthcare sector following the ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, which has resulted in widespread prescription processing outages across the U.S. “Imposing fines or cutting Medicare payments would diminish Read More …

EU passes landmark AI act, paving the way for greater AI regulation

The European Parliament has passed its long awaited AI act that it hopes will provide the legal infrastructure for regulating artificial intelligence. While AI has contributed massively to increases in productivity and has resulted in major innovations in critical industries Read More …

Chinese international purchasing agency for military equipment has agency qualification revoked for serious risk of information leakage

A Chinese international purchasing agency has had its purchasing agency qualification revoked for serious risk of information leakage due to the company’s internal mismanagement and poor practices around managing sensitive data, the Equipment Development Department (EDD) of China’s Central Military Read More …

EU’s use of Microsoft 365 found to breach data protection rules

A lengthy investigation into the European Union’s use of Microsoft 365 has found the Commission breached the bloc’s data protection rules through its use of the cloud-based productivity software. Announcing its decision in a press release today, the European Data Read More …

Italy privacy watchdog fines Unicredit $3.1 million for data breach

Italy’s data protection authority has fined UniCredit, the country’s second-largest bank, 2.8 million euros ($3.1 million) for a data breach case in 2018 affecting thousands of customers and former customers, it said on Thursday. The bank responded that it would Read More …

Apple warns of “privacy and security threats” after EU requires it to allow sideloading

Despite several warnings about the risks, Apple will allow European iPhone owners to install apps obtained from outside the official App store (sideloading). These drastic changes are brought about to comply with the European Union’s (EU) Digital Markets Act (DMA). Read More …

The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show

The National Security Agency has been buying Americans’ web browsing data from commercial data brokers without warrants, intelligence officials disclosed in documents made public by a US senator Thursday. The purchases include information about the websites Americans visit and the Read More …

The dangers of quadruple blow ransomware attacks

For the first time, a ransomware gang has reported one of its victims to the authorities. This has never happened before and shows the continuing evolution of their business models to maintain pressure on the victim organisations. With this new Read More …