#T-Mobile data breach has affected over 53 million customers

#T-Mobile data breach has affected over 53 million customers

“#T-Mobile data breach has affected over 53 million customers” T-Mobile said on Friday an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed personal information of an additional 5.3 million customers, bringing the total number of people affected to more than 53 million. The third-largest U.S. wireless carrier said earlier this week that personal…

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#TikTok removes nearly 62M videos for rule violations

#TikTok removes nearly 62M videos for rule violations

“#TikTok removes nearly 62M videos for rule violations” Short-form video app TikTok said on Wednesday it had removed nearly 62 million videos from its platform during the first three months of the year for violating its guidelines, as it seeks to address security- and privacy-related concerns. These videos accounted for less than 1 percent of the total…

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#McDonald’s hit by data breach

#McDonald’s hit by data breach

“#McDonald’s hit by data breach” McDonald’s said Friday that a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan has exposed some customer and employee information, making it the latest global company to be targeted by cybercriminals. The attackers accessed emails, phone numbers and delivery addresses, but the breach did not include customer payment information, the company…

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#TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit

#TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit

“#TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit” TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. Anne Longfield, the former Children’s Commissioner for…

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#Data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ in 2019

#Data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ in 2019

“#Data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ in 2019” Facebook on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of a feature in 2019 and that the company had plugged the hole after identifying the problem at the time. Business Insider reported last week that phone numbers and…

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#Barnes & Noble survives hack attack unscathed before holidays

#Barnes & Noble survives hack attack unscathed before holidays

“#Barnes & Noble survives hack attack unscathed before holidays” Barnes & Noble has concluded that a cyberattack against its computer systems last month didn’t compromise customer data — even as publishers worry the aftereffects could muck up book distribution during the crucial holiday season. In an exclusive interview, B&N CEO James Daunt said the giant…

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#British Airways fined  million over massive data breach

#British Airways fined $25 million over massive data breach

“#British Airways fined $25 million over massive data breach” Regulators fined British Airways more than $25 million Friday for allegedly bungling a massive data breach that affected more than 400,000 people. The airline failed to implement security measures that could have prevented the June 2018 cyberattack that caused the breach, which potentially exposed the personal…

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