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The FTC has proposed strengthening children’s online privacy rules to address tracking and push notifications.
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On November 8, Pacific Union College in California notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a breach in March 2023 that impacted 56,041 people. Their notification, submitted by external counsel at McDonald Hopkins, indicates that the brea… Continue reading Paging regulators to Aisle 4 to look at Pacific Union College’s data security and breach disclosure
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CEO during their 2016 data breach, is appealing his conviction.
Prosecutors charged Sullivan, whom Uber hired as CISO after the 2014 breach, of withholding information about the 2016 incident from the FTC even as its investigators were scrutinizing the company’s data security and privacy practices. The government argued that Sullivan should have informed the FTC of the 2016 incident, but instead went out of his way to conceal it from them.
Prosecutors also accused Sullivan of attempting to conceal the breach itself by paying $100,000 to buy the silence of the two hackers behind the compromise. Sullivan had characterized the payment as a bug bounty similar to ones that other companies routinely make to researchers who report vulnerabilities and other security issues to them. His lawyers pointed out that Sullivan had made the payment with the full knowledge and blessing of Travis Kalanick, Uber’s CEO at the time, and other members of the ride-sharing giant’s legal team…
The sore losers at the U.S. FTC can’t stop obsessing over their stunning defeat at the hands of Microsoft in federal court.
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Scams originating on social media have accounted for $2.7 billion in reported losses since 2021, more than any other contact method, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Social media gives scammers an edge in several ways. They can easily manufac… Continue reading $2.7 billion lost to social media scams since 2021
According to Fortinet, ransomware activity has intensified, registering an increase of 13 times compared to the beginning of 2023 in terms of all malware detections. The rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service has primarily driven this surge in ransomware vari… Continue reading 9 essential ransomware guides and checklists available for free
It can’t prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard, but the U.S. FTC will nonetheless hold an internal trial on the topic.
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The U.S. FTC today sued Amazon.com for illegally maintaining its monopoly power by harming competition and consumers. 17 U.S. states joined the FTC in its lawsuit.
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Members of Congress also asked nominees for their thoughts on how the FTC should tackle AI.
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Former employees say Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter may have caused the company to violate a consent order with the FTC.
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