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Popular Messenger Users’ Data Leaked and Students' Personal Information Exposed
It's time for us to once again report on two recent notable data leaks again.
Connected Devices Remain the Most Popular Data Leakage Channel
SearchInform together with its partner NEXTA ÇÖZÜM surveyed representatives of 100 Turkish leading companies to find out how their experts ensure data leaks protection, whether they are planning to increase data security budgets and what data channels their security officers consider the riskiest.
Details on some data related incidents were disclosed recently
A brief overview of two December data-related incidents
16.01.2023
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According to Bloomberg, in the middle of 2021 Apple, Meta and Discord staff sent hackers their clients’ data
Users' personal data was sent hackers by mistake.
Facebook security upgrade decision leaked
The company decided to exempt a number of employees from groups which have access to internal message boards.
Signal replaces WhatsApp?
The most popular messenger has recently announced an update which made users question its necessity
Bribing an employee to compromise the company's security
A Nevada-based company's employee was bribed by a Russian fraudster to install a malware within the corporate network.
To be applied... New apps, new laws
Will the privacy limits be reconsidered? Dedigitisation as utopia
7 million Indians got their data affected
BHIM (Bharat Interface Money), an Indian mobile payment app, put user personal data in jeopardy.
01.06.2020
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GDPR is brought to regulate personal matters
whereas a former contractor at Apple reveals Siri's ongoing wrongdoings
Is there a safe way of using apps?
And what is more dangerous: spyware or mere negligence when using digital services?
Data protection
Business processes are migrating into a virtual environment, and companies have long started to keep e-document flow while introducing new management technologies.
Distribution of negative opinion
The system detected the correspondence between colleagues discovering one of the employees being outraged by the incentive system and other aspects of the management approach to employees.
Communication with competitors
An employee received a message with an offer to meet and discuss “some common issues”.
Leakage of a company's business plan
With the help of the integrated policies the system alerted to a suspicious activity - one of the employees discussed the company's short-term development plans with an unknown user via Skype.
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