People search websites create privacy nightmares for abortion rights advocates
Many abortion rights advocates say the ease of finding their personal information online from data brokers puts them at risk.
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Millions of records about Middle Eastern drivers left in an insecure database
The database contains many instances where the same person is referenced by multiple records.
Third-party Facebook apps left people’s data publicly exposed, researchers say
The Silicon Valley security firm identified exposures by Mexico-based media company Cultura Colectiva and the now-defunct "At the Pool" app.
Phishing attack exposes data of more than a million patients across Midwest
The incident affected UnityPoint Health, a network of hospitals, clinics, and home care services in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
DOJ regrets the error on OPM-linked fraud case
DOJ as apologized for confusion over its announcement last month that a fraudster used information stolen in the infamous 2015 OPM data breach.
Mulvaney: CFPB hit by over 200 data ‘lapses’
Mick Mulvaney revealed Thursday that the agency had suffered some 240 “lapses” in data security over an unspecified time period, in addition to a suspected 800 other…
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Why GDPR is flipping the thought process around data ownership
In a new podcast, CyberScoop gets experts to separate fact from fiction when it comes to GDPR.