Privacy & Intellectual Property
Police Like Gathering Phone Data; Why Is This News?
US police cut costs and worked around the need for court warrants by buying location data gathered by apps on 250mn phones. But there is no great outrage because we are complacent about privacy.
NSO Group CEO Resigns; 100 Staff Will Be Cut
The Israeli phone spyware company will reduce its headcount by one in seven as it struggles with multiple law suits.
AT&T Says Compromised Customer Data Was Not Stolen from Them
Hold Security found files on the dark net with emails and social security numbers for 23mn people who were customers of AT&T.
Twitter Responds to Privacy Breach by Telling Users Not to Register Their Regular Phone Numbers
Details for 5.4 million accounts were breached, prompting Twitter to find new ways to shift responsibility for privacy on to users.
T-Mobile US Offers $350mn Settlement for Data Breach
The mobile operator will also spend another $150mn on upgrading security following a 2021 privacy breach that compromised data relating to 76.6 million people.
The Radar That Hears Your Phone Calls
A growing number of devices use radio waves in the mmWave band, making it easier to adapt this technology for nefarious purposes.
Ex-MI6 Spy Chief Says His Emails Were Hacked; Warns Against Simplistic Interpretation of Russia’s Methods
Russian disinformation portrayed Richard Dearlove as a leader of a pro-Brexit group that has overthrown the UK government.
What the Theft of the Verizon Employee Database Tells Us about Security Threats
The telco played down the importance of the breach whilst the hacker mocked 'idiot' employees for believing he was from PC support.
Court Slams Data Protection Commission for Siding Against Worker Unlawfully Spied Upon by CCTV
The Irish Data Protection Commission has spent over 6 years fighting legal battles to deny the privacy rights of a hospice worker.
Nigeria Issues RFQ for National Phone Tracking System to ‘Fight Cybercrime and Insecurity’
The national regulator will be able to monitor and block any device with an IMEI.
Concerns Raised about Evidence Gathered by Police Infiltration of Encrypted Crime Networks
High-profile prosecutions in the Balkans may be at risk because evidence obtained from the Sky ECC app may be inadmissible.
Philippines President Rejects SIM Card Registration Law on Privacy Grounds
President Rodrigo Duterte blocked a law supposed to reduce SIM swap fraud because it might also have infringed constitutional rights.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
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