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Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.
Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details
A court has forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published an unpalatable review of a dentist.
Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency
The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.
STD dating site PositiveSingles.com faces $16.5 million fine for sharing user profiles
The dating site for people with STDs promised “100%” anonymity but used the anonymous claimant’s profile on affiliated niche dating sites such as AIDSDate, Herpesinmouth, ChristianSafeHaven, MeetBlackPOZ and PositivelyKinky.
220 million records stolen, 16 arrested in massive South Korean data breach
South Korean authorities have revealed a massive data breach that has affected over half of the country’s 50 million citizens. The stolen records include real names, account names, passwords and resident registration numbers from a number of website registrations across online game and movie ticket sites. 16 people have been arrested. 