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Australia’s parliament revealed Friday that its computer network had been compromised by an unspecified “security incident” and said an investigation was under way.
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Facebook users should be asked for consent before data collected by the group’s subsidiaries Whatsapp and Instagram and on third-party websites is combined with their social network account, Germany’s competition authority said Thursday.
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France will soon make proposals to reinforce the security of mobile telephone networks, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday after the US stepped up pressure on Europe to block China’s Huawei from building 5G networks.
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US officials are fanning out across Europe to warn about the security risks of allowing Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to help build 5G mobile networks, a US diplomat said Tuesday.
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Foreign meddling and hacking attempts had “no material impact” on the US midterm congressional elections last year, according to a high-level review by the Justice and Homeland Security Departments Tuesday.
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Amy Spiro is one of many Israeli journalists who recently received a direct message on her Twitter account linking to a sensational news story.
The sender, using the Jewish-sounding name “Bina Melamed”, directed her to a fake story falsely alleging for… Continue reading Israel Seeks to Beat Election Cyber Bots
Facebook said Thursday it took down hundreds of “inauthentic” accounts from Iran that were part of a vast manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries.
The world’s biggest social network said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts “for … Continue reading Facebook Takes Down Vast Iran-led Manipulation Campaign
Companies that sold fake social media activity have reached a settlement with the state of New York in a case that, for the first time, established such activity as illegal, the state’s attorney general said Wednesday.
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US charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei have cranked up tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, but the company is already facing obstructions around the world over alleged cyber-security risks.
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Facebook paid users, including teens, to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help the social network’s competition efforts, according to a new report that may raise fresh privacy concerns.
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