The alliance wants tech companies to build backdoor access to users’ encrypted data, by force if necessary.
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Desjardins’ employee from hell spills 2.9m records
The leak, carried out by a since-fired rogue employee, affected 2.7 million people and 173,000 businesses – about 41% of its clientele.
App could have let attackers locate and take control of users’ cars
A smartphone app used to control vehicles across North America left them wide open to attackers, it was revealed this week.
Microsoft font gives away forgery in bankruptcy case
In a case that could be straight out of a legal TV drama, a computing font has cost a couple two houses in a Canadian bankruptcy case.
Governments demand companies allow access to data, or else
A decades-old alliance of national intelligence partners promised to get at encrypted data last week, whether tech companies helped them or not.
Insulting cops online now illegal in Canadian town
One Facebook voice cries out in a resounding act of insulting civil disobedience: “Suck it up, buttercup!”
Plenty Of Fish hooked by Canada’s anti-spam laws, faces 48k penalty
Canada’s strict anti-spam laws have come down hard on another offender, with the operators of dating website Plenty Of Fish paying a $48,000 penalty for failing to provide proper unsubscribe options in emails sent to its users.
SSCC 189 – Hey, is that your CPU on fire? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our weekly security podcast. Sharp, witty and educational, as usual (if we do say so ourselves)…enjoy!
Canada’s anti-spam law gets first success with $1.1m fine
Canada’s fledgling anti-spam laws have brought their first success, with a $1.1 million fine levied against a Canadian business training firm.
Police may charge data centre in largest ever child abuse images bust
Police might press charges against the owner of the drives that hold the child abuse image material – most likely, an Ontario data centre that houses the files.