Google says it’s fixed the issue, but we haven’t heard details on how many, and which, products were affected.
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US indicts alleged Chinese spies for hacking aerospace companies
The DOJ described five years of stealing turbofan engine designs that relied on insiders, state-sponsored hackers, phishing and malware.
Mobile spyware maker mSpy leaks millions of records – AGAIN
The irony: Parents put it on kids’ phones to protect them, but this breach exposed sensitive data including Whatsapp and Facebook messages.
Pentagon orders military exchanges to pull Chinese smartphones over security risks
Huawei and ZTE are already telephones non gratae, tied too close for comfort to the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army back home.
Live feeds from license plate readers exposed online
The EFF has found more than 100 ALPR cameras streaming live, “often with totally open Web pages accessible by anyone with a browser.”
China arrests hackers to appease US on cyberespionage
Ahead of a landmark agreement between the US and China over cyberespionage, Chinese authorities arrested several hackers sought by the US.
Windows 10 is NOT spying on you, Microsoft says
…but Windows will continue to collect your data, be it about system and application crashes or personalization data collected by Cortana. 
NSA’s XKeyscore collects router data, Skype conversations, webcam images
Newly revealed documents from the Edward Snowden trove show that XKeyscore is much more than a Google-like search engine for the world’s private communications data.
Mobile spyware customer data leaked online in apparent mSpy hack
The biggest victims of the mSpy ‘hack’ are likely to be those who were unaware their sensitive data was being logged in the first place.
How one US scientist ended up accused of spying for China
A US scientist working for the National Weather Service was suspected of spying for China, and got swept up in a dragnet amid growing concerns in the US about cyberespionage.