Tag: Data Protection
Data breach: Marriott faces lawsuit in London
Marriott International, the largest hotel operator in the world, is facing a lawsuit in London brought by millions of former hotel guests seeking compensation...
Critical Instagram error exposed by security researcher
When Saugat Pokharel, a security researcher, asked Instagram for a copy of images and direct messages sent from the app he was provided with...
Facebook, Google oppose Indian policy on user data regulation
According to sources, India's attempt to regulate "non-personal" data has rattled the US tech giants Facebook, Google and Amazon so much so that they...
US bank fined for poor cybersecurity which led to hacking
The US-based diversified banking company, Captial One has been fined $80 million by the US Treasury Department for the below-par network security practices that allowed...
COVID vaccine maker Moderna hacked; Chinese connection suspected
According to a US security official monitoring the Chinese hacking activities, hackers linked with the Chinese government targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a leading...
Google in trouble again; slapped with lawsuit for data breach
Google's Alphabet Inc. tracks what users are doing on hundreds of thousands of smartphone devices even though they follow the company's approved settings to...
5000 developers got Facebook data of inactive users by mistake
Social Media Giant Facebook has acknowledged over an official blog post that even after formulating and implementing a protective policy, personal data of several...
