Data
Intel Corp drafts data privacy bill for the United States
Intel Corp, the world-renowned silicon chip maker of America has taken the privilege of drafting a data privacy bill for the populace of United States. Moreover, the chipmaker expects a sponsorship for the bill from Congress that would shield companies from paying heavy penalties during cyber attacks-provided they attest to the US Fed Trade Commission […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
On October 31st, 2018 the third phase of the public hearing has started on the Cyber Attack related to SingHealth. And to surprise us all, some interesting facts came into light. This includes the reality that the senior manager and some senior staff members of the healthcare provider showed reluctance in disclosing the cyber incident […]
Data in Cloud is more exposed to Cyber Attacks than in organizations
Finally, the truth is out that the data stored in cloud storage platforms are more exposed to cyber attacks than the data stored in the server farms of organizations. Well, this was discovered in the latest survey made by McAfee. McAfee report divulges that the data stored in a cloud, SaaS collaboration and PaaS/IaaS platforms […]
Cyber Attack on Cathy Pacific leaks info of more than 9.4 million passengers
Cyber Attack News is out that hackers have succeeded in intercepting the database of Cathy Pacific Airlines and have managed to access info of more than 9.4 million passengers. The accessed info includes names, date of birth, phone numbers, email and passport numbers. An investigation on how the cyber crooks got into the network is […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook wants tough data privacy laws in the US like Europe
Apple CEO Tim Cook shared his insights at the International Conference on Data Privacy recently and advocated for tough data privacy laws in the US like in Europe. Cook appreciated the European Union(EU) for bringing in a strict regime of data privacy laws from May this year and opinioned that the Trump administration should start […]
Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million for its historic Cyber Attack
Yahoo, the world’s second most popular web search giant has finally agreed to pay $50 million in damages for the historic cyber attack which led to the data breach of more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts. The hack which took place in between 2013 and 2014 was revealed to the world in 2016 by […]
Apple offers a website to curb data privacy concerns among its users
Apple Inc. which has always adhered in respecting the privacy of its users has now launched a website which allows its users to track down the data collected by the iPhone maker so far. On Wednesday, the iPhone giant launched a website with the URL “privacy dot Apple dot com” which allows its users to […]
Facebook says only 30m users fell vulnerable to the recent Cyber Attack
Facebook, the worlds leading social media giant has made it official that only 30 million users fell vulnerable to the recent Cyber Attack disclosed two weeks ago. The Mark Zuckerberg led company says that the Sept’18 Cyber attack exposed data of only 30m users unlike 50m as reported earlier and added that there was “ […]
Google kills Google + after bug exposes 496,000 user details
Google has finally decided to shut down the business of Google + after a software bug in its servers exposed critical user data to third-party developers. As a result of the data exposure of nearly 496,951 accounts, the business unit of Alphabet Inc. has decided to disable the consumer functionality of the service for the […]
Will Blockchain Technology put an end to monetization of Google’s User Data
George Glider, an economist and a technology critic feels that Google could soon lose the game of making money from its user data, if in the case; the technology of Blockchain takes the world. The technologist revealed these insights in his latest book titled ‘Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise […]
