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June 23, 2025 – Dallas: A United States federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $177 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against AT&T, after a plethora of data breaches that exposed the personal data of tens of millions of its customers in 2024. In a ruling filed by U.S. District Judge Ada Brown […]
Massive Password Leak Hits 16 Billion Accounts — What You Should Know and Do Now This article, first published on June 18, now includes steps for switching to passkeys—a safer alternative to passwords—for Apple, Facebook, and Google users. It also features fresh insights from cybersecurity experts about this major leak. If the 184 million login […]
The Administrative Court of Hanover has ruled that the use of Google Tag Manager (GTM) without obtaining prior, informed user consent violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). The case, registered under VG Hannover 10 A 5385/22, involved a website operator who had implemented GTM on its […]
On May 14, the Belgian Court delivered a major blow to the online advertising world by ruling that the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) is illegal. For years, nearly 80% of websites have used the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) to secure user consent for data tracking. Big tech players like Google, Amazon, and X […]
A major data leak has exposed over 184 million user records from a huge 47GB unprotected database, putting millions of people at serious risk of identity theft and cybercrime. The leaked data includes login details from major technology companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, PayPal, and Netflix. The exposed records were found sitting openly on […]
A government and private sector investigation team is looking into the recent major data breach at SK Telecom. They have now widened their check to include two other top South Korean mobile carriers — KT and LG Uplus. Industry sources said on Monday that investigators carefully inspected the servers of KT and LG Uplus but […]
Apple recently decided to partner with Alibaba, one of China’s biggest tech companies, to bring AI features to iPhones sold in China. This move helps Apple follow China’s rules, which require foreign companies to use Chinese-made AI models when offering AI-based services in the country. Apple first tried to work with Baidu, another Chinese AI […]
The company stated that some customers were deceived and had their funds stolen.
South Korea has fined Chinese e-commerce platform Temu nearly one million dollars for illegally transferring the personal information of Korean users to China and other countries, according to the country’s data protection watchdog. Temu, along with other fast-growing Chinese platforms like Shein and AliExpress, has gained massive popularity across the world by offering a wide […]
Steam has denied all claims about a recent data leak. A few days ago, several reports suggested that hackers had stolen data from over 89 million Steam accounts from steam systems. However, Steam has now made it clear that these claims are false. Even though platforms like Epic Games Store, GOG, and Xbox Store exist, […]