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The United Arab Emirates on Saturday denied reports that a popular mobile application developed in the country was used for government spying.
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More than 100 Chinese nationals in Nepal on tourist visas have been detained over a suspected cyber scam, police said Wednesday, in the country’s largest ever crackdown involving foreigners.
Eight women were among the 122 Chinese nationals arrested in … Continue reading Nepal Arrests 122 Chinese Over Suspected Cyber Scam
A popular mobile application developed in the United Arab Emirates has been removed from both Apple and Google’s online marketplaces following a report it was used for widespread government spying.
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Facebook and Twitter on Friday said they had blocked multiple government-backed manipulation operations around the world, several of which favored US President Donald Trump, as part of a crackdown on state-sponsored propaganda efforts.
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As US lawmakers head home without agreeing on consumer privacy legislation, a new California law is set to become the de facto national standard, potentially leaving consumers and businesses confused over rules for personal data collection and protecti… Continue reading As US Congress Delays on Privacy, California Law in Focus
Greece’s justice ministry has decided to extradite to France Russian Alexander Vinnik, who allegedly headed the bitcoin exchange BTC-e, on suspicion of money laundering, a ministry source said Friday.
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Facial recognition systems can produce wildly inaccurate results, especially for non-whites, according to a US government study released Thursday that is likely to raise fresh doubts on deployment of the artificial intelligence technology.
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Cyprus on Thursday arrested three people in connection with an alleged Israeli-owned “spy van” equipped with sophisticated surveillance technology capable of hacking communications, police said.
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LifeLabs, which does blood work and other tests across Canada, said in a letter to customers that their names, contact information, health card numbers and lab test results were exposed in a cyber attack on its computers in early November.
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Facebook on Friday alerted employees that hard drives rich with information about those on the social network’s payroll were stolen from a car last month.
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Continue reading Facebook Worker Payroll Data Stolen From Car