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07 Jan 2021

DNA: In-depth analysis of WhatsApp’s new notification

In the last few days, 200 million people around the world received a notification from WhatsApp, in which people were asked to accept certain conditions. In this section of DNA, we will try to understand the game behind these conditions.

22 Jul 2019

Hacker breaks into Bulgarian national database, steals info of 5 mn people

According to the Bulgarian newspaper Dnevnik, Boykov had illegally accessed and downloaded data from the National Revenue Agency (NRA) systems.

Smartphone apps

13 Jun 2017

Most apps share your data with Google, Facebook

More than 70 percent of smartphone apps are reporting personal data to third-party companies like Google and Facebook, a new study has warned.

07 Apr 2017

Visiting hospitals not safe – Your personal data may be at risk

Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) in the US found nearly 1,800 occurrences of large data breaches in patient information over a seven-year period.

Internet safety

24 Sep 2016

Know how a single click online can ruin your life!

24 Feb 2016

How mobile ads risk your personal data

Some personal information is deemed so sensitive that Google explicitly states those factors are not used for personalization, yet the study found that app developers still can discover this information due to leakage between ad networks and app developers.

04 Jan 2016

Two million sets of data stolen in Japan cyber attacks

At least two million sets of personal data were stolen or feared leaked from 140 companies and other organisations in Japan that were hit by cyber attacks in 2015, the media reported on Monday.

23 Oct 2015

UK's TalkTalk telecom giant hit by cyber-attack

The personal data and bank details of millions of Britons could have been stolen after one of the country's largest telecom services provider TalkTalk was hit by a major cyber-attack, the third such attack to hit the telecom giant in last one year.

19 Oct 2015

Apple quashes apps that collect personal data

Apple is kicking out applications that collect personal data in violation of the company's privacy policies from its online store, the tech giant said today.

12 Oct 2015

Web design influences how much we disclose online

The research used behavioural sciences to look at how individuals react to different types of privacy notices.

11 Oct 2015

Web designs influence how much we reveal online

Web design and the information shown on the screen largely influences how much a user discloses personal data, says a study by Joint Research Centre (JRC).

23 Sep 2015

5.6 million fingerprints stolen in US personnel data hack: Govt

Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defence Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday.

26 Jul 2014

Apple iPhones allow extraction of deep personal data, researcher finds

Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company acknowledged this week.

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