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TikTok slapped with $5.4 million fine over cookie opt-out feature

France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of the platform to refuse cookies and for not sufficiently informing them about their purpose. […]

21 Dec

Russians hacked JFK airport’s taxi dispatch system for profit

Two U.S. citizens were arrested for allegedly conspiring with Russian hackers to hack the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) taxi dispatch system to move specific taxis to the front of the queue in exchange for a $10 fee. […]

16 Dec

Woman gets 66 months in prison for role in $3.3 million ID fraud op

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have announced today that a 24-year-old woman from Melbourne, arrested in 2019 for her role in large-scale, cyber-enabled identity theft crimes, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. […]

06 Dec

Suspects arrested for hacking US networks to steal employee data

Four men suspected of hacking into US networks to steal employee data for identity theft and the filing of fraudulent US tax returns have been arrested in London, UK, and Malmo, Sweden, at the request of the U.S. law enforcement authorities. […]

02 Dec

Police arrest 55 members of ‘Black Panthers’ SIM Swap gang

The Spanish National Police have arrested 55 members of the ‘Black Panthers’ cybercrime group, including one of the organization’s leaders based in Barcelona. […]

06 Oct

Meta sues app dev for stealing over 1 million WhatsApp accounts

Meta has sued several Chinese companies doing business as HeyMods, Highlight Mobi, and HeyWhatsApp for developing and allegedly using “unofficial” WhatsApp Android apps to steal over one million WhatsApp accounts starting May 2022. […]

29 Sep

Fired admin cripples former employer’s network using old credentials

An IT system administrator of a prominent financial company based in Hawaii, U.S., used a pair of credentials that hadn’t been invalidated after he was laid off to wreak havoc on his employer. […]

12 Sep

HP will pay customers for blocking non-HP ink cartridges in EU

HP printer owners forced to use non-HP ink and toner cartridges in Europe will receive compensation from the vendor for not adequately informing them about the limitations of the devices they bought. […]

09 Sep

Coinbase funds lawsuit against Tornado Cash cryptomixer sanctions

Coinbase announced on Tuesday that it is funding a lawsuit brought by six people in the U.S. against the Department of Treasury’s for the sanctions on the Tornado Cash open-source cryptocurrency mixer platform. […]

29 Aug

Cloudflare CDN clients caught in Austrian fight against pirate sites

Excessive and indiscriminate blocking is underway in Austria, with internet service providers (ISPs) complying to a court order to block pirate sites causing significant collateral damage. […]

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