Police Don’t Know Who Accessed Data Posted in Error This is somewhat hard to believe while at the same time all too common. Would your company do any better. Police in Northern Ireland posted the entire country’s police roster in response to a freedom of information request – by accident. Even though they took it […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to Bing Chat, there were 15.6 million cars and light trucks sold in the US in 2013, 16.5 million in 2014, 17+ million in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, but only 14 million in 2020 and 13 million in 2021 and 2022. But something else changed between 2013 and 2022. By 2022 almost […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]On Sunday the media reported that Zoom quietly changed it’s terms of service – last March. The operative changes includes these words: In a detailed perusal of the newly updated terms, two sections – 10.2 and 10.4 – stand out for their broad-ranging implications on how Zoom is permitted to utilize user data. These sections establish Zoom’s rights to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Will Expire Every five or six years, section 702 of FISA expires. Congress continues to do this because it doesn’t trust the government to restrain itself. Section 702 enables limited bulk data surveillance which some constraints on viewing data of Americans vs. foreigners. In case you haven’t […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Criminal or Whistleblower? The hacker behind the Football Leaks scandal, Rui Pinto, a 34 year old Portuguese national, currently faces 377 charges for blowing the lid off the tax fraud, corruption and other wrongdoing in the $3 billion European soccer business. One club alone, Manchester City, faced over 100 counts of financial misconduct as a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well That is a Bit of an Oops A Google employee uploaded a list of 5,600 Virus Total customer administrators to Virus Total itself, making it visible to anyone. Among the users were admins from the NSA, Pentagon, FBI. UK Ministry of Defense and ministries in Germany, Japan, Qatar, Turkey, Frances and a dozen other […]
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