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Sensex Breaches 82,600, Nifty Crosses 25,300 As Markets Open At Record High
Indian shares hit record highs just after the open Monday, tracking gains in regional peers after US economic data eased growth concerns, while investors await domestic quarterly growth data.
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Italy Accuses ChatGPT Creator Of Breaching EU's Data Protection Law
Italian authorities have accused OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, of breaching EU data protection law, giving the US firm 30 days to respond.
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Microsoft's Role in US Government Data Breach to Be Investigated by Cybersecurity Panel: Report
A US cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing that will also include Microsoft's role in the recent breach of government department email systems by suspected Chinese hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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French Antitrust Watchdog Issues Statement of Objection Over Alleged iPhone User Data Tracking by Apple
France's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it had issued a statement of objection against Apple, citing concerns the US technology company could have breached regulations linked to the use of iPhone user data for advertising purposes.
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TSMC Says Its IT Hardware Supplier Targeted in Cyberattack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said on Friday that a cybersecurity incident involving one of its IT hardware suppliers has led to the leak of the vendor's company data. TSMC confirmed that its business operations or customer information were not affected following the cybersecurity incident at its supplier Kinmax.
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
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Data Breach in US Exposes Personal Information of 2,37,000 Federal Employees
The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the US Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. USDOT said in a statement to Reuters the breach did not affect any transportation safety systems. It did not say who might be responsible for...
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UK Watchdog Fines TikTok Over $15 Million for Breach of Data Protection Law, Misuse of Children's Data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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T-Mobile Says Data of 37 Million Customers Exposed in Second Data Breach in 2 Years
T-Mobile on Thursday said that it was probing a data breach, the second major cyberattack in two years, that may have exposed 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts. The US telecom operator said it identified malicious activity on January 5 and contained it within a day, adding that basic customer data — such as name, billing address, email and...
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Twitter Hack: Email Addresses of 200 Million Users Leaked on Hacking Forum, Security Researcher Says
Twitter users' data, including their email addresses, was leaked after the company was breached by hackers, according to security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock. The email addresses of over 200 million users were posted to a hacking forum, and could lead to hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxin...
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Microsoft 'Data Boundary' for EU Cloud Customers to Be Rolled Out on January 1
Microsoft on Thursday said it would allow European Union cloud customers to process and store parts of their data in the region from January 1, as part of the company's phased rollout of its “EU data boundary”. The company said that the changes will apply to Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and the company's Power BI platform, or all of its c...
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Uber Data Breach: Former Security Chief Convicted by US Jury for Covering Up Massive 2016 Hack
Uber's former chief of security, Joseph Sullivan, was found guilty by a US jury of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge of a breach from authorities. In November 2016, Sullivan was emailed by hackers, and employees quickly confirmed that they had stolen records on about 57 million users and also 600,000 driver's license numbers, according t...
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Samsung Discloses Breach of US Systems in July, Says Personal Information Was Exposed
Samsung on Friday disclosed a security breach that resulted in the exposure of customers private information that took place in July, according to the company. The electronics giant revealed that its US systems had been compromised in late July, and that it was informing customers that it believes were affected by the breach that exposed names, con...
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Uber Admits Covering Up 2016 Hacking, Avoids Prosecution in US Settlement
Uber on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with US prosecutors to avoid criminal charges.
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Sensex Breaches 82,600, Nifty Crosses 25,300 As Markets Open At Record High
Indian shares hit record highs just after the open Monday, tracking gains in regional peers after US economic data eased growth concerns, while investors await domestic quarterly growth data.
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Italy Accuses ChatGPT Creator Of Breaching EU's Data Protection Law
Italian authorities have accused OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, of breaching EU data protection law, giving the US firm 30 days to respond.
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Microsoft's Role in US Government Data Breach to Be Investigated by Cybersecurity Panel: Report
A US cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing that will also include Microsoft's role in the recent breach of government department email systems by suspected Chinese hackers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
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French Antitrust Watchdog Issues Statement of Objection Over Alleged iPhone User Data Tracking by Apple
France's antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it had issued a statement of objection against Apple, citing concerns the US technology company could have breached regulations linked to the use of iPhone user data for advertising purposes.
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TSMC Says Its IT Hardware Supplier Targeted in Cyberattack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing said on Friday that a cybersecurity incident involving one of its IT hardware suppliers has led to the leak of the vendor's company data. TSMC confirmed that its business operations or customer information were not affected following the cybersecurity incident at its supplier Kinmax.
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
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Data Breach in US Exposes Personal Information of 2,37,000 Federal Employees
The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the US Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. USDOT said in a statement to Reuters the breach did not affect any transportation safety systems. It did not say who might be responsible for...
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UK Watchdog Fines TikTok Over $15 Million for Breach of Data Protection Law, Misuse of Children's Data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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T-Mobile Says Data of 37 Million Customers Exposed in Second Data Breach in 2 Years
T-Mobile on Thursday said that it was probing a data breach, the second major cyberattack in two years, that may have exposed 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts. The US telecom operator said it identified malicious activity on January 5 and contained it within a day, adding that basic customer data — such as name, billing address, email and...
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Twitter Hack: Email Addresses of 200 Million Users Leaked on Hacking Forum, Security Researcher Says
Twitter users' data, including their email addresses, was leaked after the company was breached by hackers, according to security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock. The email addresses of over 200 million users were posted to a hacking forum, and could lead to hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxin...
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Microsoft 'Data Boundary' for EU Cloud Customers to Be Rolled Out on January 1
Microsoft on Thursday said it would allow European Union cloud customers to process and store parts of their data in the region from January 1, as part of the company's phased rollout of its “EU data boundary”. The company said that the changes will apply to Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and the company's Power BI platform, or all of its c...
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Uber Data Breach: Former Security Chief Convicted by US Jury for Covering Up Massive 2016 Hack
Uber's former chief of security, Joseph Sullivan, was found guilty by a US jury of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge of a breach from authorities. In November 2016, Sullivan was emailed by hackers, and employees quickly confirmed that they had stolen records on about 57 million users and also 600,000 driver's license numbers, according t...
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Samsung Discloses Breach of US Systems in July, Says Personal Information Was Exposed
Samsung on Friday disclosed a security breach that resulted in the exposure of customers private information that took place in July, according to the company. The electronics giant revealed that its US systems had been compromised in late July, and that it was informing customers that it believes were affected by the breach that exposed names, con...
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Uber Admits Covering Up 2016 Hacking, Avoids Prosecution in US Settlement
Uber on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with US prosecutors to avoid criminal charges.
