Privacy

Discover Privacy News

Instagram accidentally reveals plaintext passwords in URLs

data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20100%20100%22%3E%3C/svg%3E

In April, with the GDPR deadline and its requirement for data portability looming, Instagram released the long-anticipated download your data tool. The feature gave users the ability to download images, posts and comments.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 20, 2018

Instagram bug inadvertently exposed some user's passwords

According to The Information, Instagram has suffered a serious security leak of its own that could've exposed user's passwords. While Facebook recently had a much more serious problem linked to its "View As" tool that was being actively exploited by... someone, the Instagram issue is linked to its tool that allows users to download a copy of their data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 17, 2018

Canada Post leaked personal data, orders of thousands of cannabis smokers

The decision to make recreational cannabis legal in Ontario, Canada, has been fraught with problems and now has been tarnished by a data breach at Canada Post.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 08, 2018

Privacy International Files GDPR Complaints

Privacy International has filed complaints against seven companies including Experian, Equifax and Oracle for alleged contravention of the GDPR.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 08, 2018

Should company bosses face jail for mishandling your privacy?

Mark Z, how do you feel about orange? Like, say, in a jumpsuit style? Kidding! No court has found that you, the Facebook CEO, has purposefully misled the government about how your company did/did not protect consumers’ data during, say, the multifaceted, ever-unfolding, Cambridge Analytica privacy debacle.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 05, 2018

GDPR Alert as Average ICO Fines Double in a Year

The value of fines issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has increased 24% in the year to September 30 versus the previous year, according to new data.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 30, 2018

EU Laws Could Spell Double Trouble for Firms

Legal experts have warned organizations in certain highly regulated industries that they could be fined twice under new EU security laws with huge maximum penalties.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 24, 2018

Morrisons Loses Insider Breach Liability Appeal

Supermarket giant Morrisons has been told by the Court of Appeal that it is liable for the actions of a malicious insider who breached data on 100,000 employees, setting up a potential hefty class action pay-out.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 23, 2018

UK’s MoD Exposed in 37 Security Breaches: Report

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) appears to have exposed highly sensitive data and systems to the risk of compromise after reports revealed 37 breaches of security protocol last year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 16, 2018

Google+ wakes up to what the rest of us already knew

After months of hiding a relative pipsqueak of a data breach that happened through a Google+ API, Google on Monday ‘fessed up, said it was shuttering its Facebook-wannabe-but-never-gonna-happen social media platform, and was looking at a potential class action lawsuit that got filed within hours of the breach disclosure.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 10, 2018

Heathrow Airport fined £120,000 over USB data breach debacle

Heathrow Airport has been fined £120,000 by regulators following an embarrassing data breach caused by a USB stick.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2018

Amazon employee shared email addresses with third-party seller

In September, Amazon started investigating reports that some of its employees in the US and China have been leaking data to third-party sellers in exchange for money. Now, the e-commerce giant has notified affected customers that an employee shared their email addresses with a third-party seller.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 07, 2018

Facebook could face $1.63bn fine under GDPR over latest data breach

Facebook could face potentially billions in fines under GDPR for the latest data breach which impacted roughly 50 million accounts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2018

Independence Blue Cross Breach Exposed 17K Records

Independence Blue Cross, a Philadelphia-based health insurer notified thousands of its members this week that a data breach had exposed some of their protected health information (PHI), according to Healthcare Informatics.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 23, 2018

Equifax faces £500,000 fine in the UK over massive data breach

UK officials have slapped Equifax with a £500,000 (US$660,000) fine for failing to protect up to 15 million citizens' personal data. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has announced its verdict after almost a year-long investigation with the Financial Conduct Authority.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 20, 2018

ICO Swamped with GDPR Breach Over-Reporting

The ICO has received 500 calls each week to its breach reporting helpline since the GDPR came into force in May, but around a third of these don’t meet the minimum threshold, according to the deputy commissioner of operations.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 14, 2018

BA Breach Hits 380,000 Card Payments

BA has been contacting customers after revealing a two-week raid on passengers’ personal and financial details which was finally spotted on Wednesday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 09, 2018

How a data request turned into a data breach

The process was smooth enough, with the right safeguards apparently in place.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 06, 2018

Thousands of MikroTik routers are snooping on user traffic

In yet another case of unpatched consumer devices representing a threat to the security and privacy of users, thousands of MikroTik have been uncovered which are eavesdropping on users.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2018

Passport Numbers Exposed in Air Canada Data Breach

Air Canada has alerted users of its mobile app of a data breach that exposed personal information – including stored passport numbers – of some 20,000 users.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 30, 2018

Tails 6.2 Improves Security, Expands Multilingual Support

Tails 6.0 Released with Critical Security Updates, Big Improvements

Tails 5.22 Released with Various Updates & Security Fixes