The ICO found a “catalog of errors,” including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus.
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Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online
A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits.
OneCoin crypto-scam lawyer found guilty of worldwide $400m fraud
A lawyer who boasted of making “50 by 50” – as in, $50m by the age of 50 – is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.
Why do cryptocurrency scams work and how do you avoid them?
What are ICOs, why are they so popular and why do crooks love them so much?
Founders of ‘worthless cryptocurrency’ ATM Coin fined over $4.25m scam
Invest in “binary options,” they said, neglecting to mention the software set up to rig transactions so that customers lost the gamble.
Facebook admits to Messenger Kids security hole
A hole in the supposed closed-loop messaging system allowed children to join group chats with people their parents hadn’t approved.
GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott
The ICO isn’t pulling its punches: The penalty for BA’s data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.
Court: Embarrassing leaks of internal Facebook emails are fishy
The leaks point to a plot, a Calif. court said, ordering pikini app maker Six4Three to hand over its lawyers’ chats with the ICO.
Is a Facebookcoin in the works?
Facebook, Signal and Telegram are all planning cryptocurrencies. But why these companies, why now, and will they be successful?
Facebook acts like a law-breaking ‘digital gangster’, says official report
Facebook considers itself to be “ahead of and beyond the law,” UK lawmakers said in a report about “disinformation and ‘fake news.'”