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Security News Update for November 1, 2024

Russian Court Fines Google 2 Undecillion Rubles for Blocking YouTube Accounts This is a case of YouTube blocking several Russian TV stations’ YouTube accounts. They are being fined by Russia’s anti-monopoly service from failing to restore the accounts. Google was fined, back in 2020, 100 thousand rubles a day with the fine doubling every week […]

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Security News for the Week Ending January 26, 2024

Even God is Into Crypto A Colorado based online pastor has been charged with selling worthless crypto. He said “the lord” told him to give his followers 10x return. He also said the lord told him to remodel his house with some of the money. I can’t make this stuff up. Credit: Coin Telegraph Feds […]

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Security News for the Week Ending January 19, 2024

Regulators Going After Crypto Firms A number of crypto firms have felt the sting of regulators recently. The most recent one is Genesis Global Trading. New York’s DFS fined them $8 million and required them to surrender their license for failure to comply with money laundering and other laws. Of course, a key purpose for […]

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FTC Settles Unprecedented Case Against Data Broker

The FTC announced today its first ever settlement with a data broker for selling location data. The FTC alleged that the data broker, Outlogic, formerly known as X-Mode Social, sold precise consumer location data and allowed third parties to track visits to health care providers, houses of worship and other sensitive destinations. The FTC claims […]

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You Can Buy a Full Identity for as Little as $8

Hackers are advertising a service on the encrypted, Russian, messaging app Telegram that would let you buy a full identity for between $8 and $40. In crypto. The company, USiSLookups, a play on the data broker USInfoSearch, allows you to look up virtually anyone. In just a few moments. The Telegram channel includes a small […]

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The Core Problem with Cybersecurity and Privacy Laws

California just passed the delete your data law, which, once in effect, will be the do-not-call list version of opting out. The law requires brokers to check their data against the delete me list and delete any data belonging to that person if there is a match. They have to repeat the check at least […]

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