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  India authorizes 10 agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt citizens' data (Dec 23)
 

On Thursday, the Indian government gave ten agencies the legal authority "to intercept, monitor or decrypt information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer."
  (Dec 28)
 

What are the top cyber trends to watch out for in 2019? Here's what we're hearing.
  Over 19,000 Orange modems are leaking WiFi credentials (Dec 26)
 

Over the weekend, a security researcher has discovered that nearly 19,500 Orange Livebox ADSL modems are leaking WiFi credentials.
  Facebook let Netflix, Spotify read your private messages (Dec 24)
 

After interviewing over 60 people, ranging from former Facebook employees and partners, as well as reviewing over 270 internal Facebook documents, The New York Times discovered that Facebook offered its users' data to more than 150 companies. Those companies, the investigation revealed, ranged from tech and entertainment companies to online retailers, automakers, and even banks.
  (Dec 24)
 

Ransomware is a form of malicious software (or malware) that, once it's taken over your computer, threatens you with harm, usually by denying you access to your data. The attacker demands a ransom from the victim, promising -- not always truthfully -- to restore access to the data upon payment.
  Facebook suspends accounts for pushing false info in Alabama election (Dec 23)
 

Facebook's attempt to thwart disinformation campaigns has typically focused on Russia and other hostile countries, but it's now grappling with that problem on its home soil. The site has confirmed to the Washington Post that it suspended five accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" during the 2017 Alabama special election for the Senate, including the CEO of social media research company New Knowledge.
  Congress approves act that opens US government data to the public (Dec 25)
 

Congress has passed a bill that could make it easier for you to access public data released by the government. The House approved the OPEN Government Data Act on Saturday, while all eyes were on the shutdown, as part of a larger bill to support evidence-based policymaking.
  Over 500K School Staff and Students Hit by Breach (Dec 24)
 

The personal data of more than half a million staff and students of San Diego high schools from the past decade is now likely in the hands of hackers, it has emerged.
  The most interesting and important hacks of 2018 (Dec 27)
 

Each year a few hackers do something new that begs further examination. The general public and Hollywood paints most hackers as these uber-smart people who can take control of entire city's infrastructure and crack any password in seconds.
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In between bouts of binge watching, keep a close eye on any emails you get that claim to be from Netflix. The Federal Trade Commission issued a warning today about fake messages claiming to be from the streamer that are really just trying to snag your login info or distribute malware.
  Hacker steals ten years worth of data from San Diego school district (Dec 25)
 

A hacker has stolen the personal details of over 500,000 San Diego Unified School District staff and students; the district revealed in a breach notice posted on its website on Friday, before the Christmas holiday.
  Brazilian bank Inter pays fine over customer data leak (Dec 28)
 

Brazilian bank Inter has achieved a settlement over a major security flaw that leaked data of nearly 20 thousand account holders earlier this year.