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Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts

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Security researchers have found dozens of companies inadvertently leaking sensitive corporate and customer data because staff are sharing public links to files in their Box enterprise storage accounts that can be easily discovered. The discoveries were made by Adversis, a cybersecurity firm, which found major tech companies and corporate giants had left data inadvertently exposed. […] Continue reading Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts→

Ludwig Promises Easy Machine Learning from Uber

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Machine learning has brought an old idea — neural networks — to bear on a range of previously difficult problems such as handwriting and speech recognition. Better software and hardware has made it feasible to apply sophisticated machine learning algorithms that would have previously been only possible on giant supercomputers. …read more

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Hackaday Links: CES is Over

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CES is over, and once again we have proof technology does not improve our lives. Here’s the takeaway from the @internetofshit. There’s a garbage can where you can drop your DNA sample. This is obviously not a Bay Area startup, because they just leave DNA samples on the sidewalk there. The ‘smart cooler’ market is heating up (literally) with a cooler that’s also a grill. Someone duct taped an air filter to a roomba, so your air filter can go to where all the dirty air is in your house. Internet of Rubik’s Cubes. The world’s first autonomous shower made …read more

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UK fine against Uber for 2016 data breach would be 200 times bigger in 2018

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Uber’s widely publicized data leak from two years ago has finally resulted in a fine from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. The penalty would have been 203 times the amount if the leak had occurred this year, after the GDPR era took… Continue reading UK fine against Uber for 2016 data breach would be 200 times bigger in 2018→

Uber fined $1.17 million by U.K., Dutch authorities for 2016 breach

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Ridehailing company Uber drew fines totaling $1.17 million from British and Dutch authorities on Tuesday for its handling of a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 57 million passengers and drivers. The breach occurred in October 2016, revealing names, email addresses, phone numbers and driver’s license numbers belonging to many users. Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet and destroy the stolen data. Customers were first notified when the company’s new CEO announced the incident a year later. The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office, in issuing a fine of £385,000 ($491,284) on Tuesday, said that a “series of avoidable data security flaws” led to the exposure of personal data of 2.7 million riders and 82,000 drivers in the country. The Dutch Data Protection Authority also issued a fine of €600,000 ($679,257) on Tuesday, saying that the breach affected 174,000 Dutch citizens and that Uber violated the […]

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Uber fined $1.1 million by UK and Dutch regulators over 2016 data breach

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British and Dutch data protection regulators Tuesday hit the ride-sharing company Uber with a total fine of $1,170,892 (~ 1.1 million) for failing to protect its customers’ personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users.

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