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Company didn’t disclose leak for months to avoid a public relations headache and potential regulatory enforcement This March, as Facebook was coming under global scrutiny over the harvesting of personal data for Cambridge Analytica, Google discovered a skeleton in its own closet: a bug in the API for Google+ had been allowing third-party app developers … Devamını oku

Facebook missed serious holes in their security system. Their incompetence warrants outrage Less than a year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal launched a privacy reckoning, Facebook is back in the news over yet another data breach, this one a security breach affecting almost 50 million accounts, leaving many wondering, again, how safe their personal info … Devamını oku

The digital debate is now about trade and security – and every major nation is insisting on its technological sovereignty Amid the hand-wringing about the rise of nationalism and populism, it’s easy to miss that the past two years have also produced surprising and useful shifts in global opinion. Even Donald Trump can be good … Devamını oku

The disrupted cyber-attack on the chemical weapons watchdog and allegations of a sophisticated Chinese hardware hack have highlighted the dangers The farcical aspects of the attempted Russian cyber-attack reported by the UK and the Netherlands on Thursday must be satisfying to those who counter such efforts, and are superficially amusing to any observer. It is … Devamını oku

Human rights group boycotts Home Office consultations on vast cloud system, saying they are a sham A new super-database being built for the police represents a “grave” risk to privacy, a leading human rights group has said. Liberty claims the government is glossing over concerns that the database, the largest built for British law enforcement, … Devamını oku

Observer reporter Carole Cadwalladr on her investigation into the firm at the centre of a data breach that shamed Facebook and exposed foul play in the EU referendum campaign and US presidential election Earlier this year, The Observer and The Guardian broke the story that became the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It was the result of … Devamını oku

The credit card details of 380,000 British Airways customers could already be on sale on the dark web after the airline suffered a ‘malicious’ data breach British Airways data breach: what to do if you have been affected How did hackers manage to lift the details of BA customers? Continue reading…

We want to hear from you if the airline has contacted you or you have encountered problems after contacting your bank British Airways customer data stolen from its website British Airways has warned customers that around 380,000 card payments on its website and app were compromised during a 15-day data breach. Related: British Airways data … Devamını oku

Álex Cruz apologises for ‘sophisticated’ theft affecting 380,000 payment cards Have you been affected by the breach? Let us know The chief executive of British Airways has promised to compensate customers who have had their data stolen in what he described as a sophisticated breach of the company’s security systems. Related: British Airways data breach: … Devamını oku

Border Force detain British-Australian software developer Nathan Hague, apparently at random, for 90 minutes A British-Australian citizen travelling through Sydney airport has had his devices seized, and believes his laptop password cracked and his digital files inspected by Border Force officers, in what privacy groups say is a worrying development. Nathan Hague, a 46-year-old software … Devamını oku