Google’s latest Transparency Report is out, and the results have raised concerns with privacy advocates from around the world. This time last year, Google received 44,943 requests relating to 76,713 user accounts from the governments around the world. This year’s figures have increased to 48,941 requests relating to 83,345 accounts. The company acceded to 65
Late last year, Yahoo announced that it was the victim of the largest data breach in history. It impacted, by their initial estimates, fully one third of their user base, some one billion users. As it turns out, Yahoo’s estimates were wildly inaccurate. Literally every person who had a Yahoo account in 2013 was impacted,
By now, you’ve probably heard that Equifax recently suffered a massive data breach which left them with a considerable amount of egg on their faces. The investigation into that matter is ongoing, and the company issued a video-based mea culpa to its customers, but unfortunately, the situation for the company just got worse. Here’s the
The hackers of the world have been busy recently, but this latest report from the SEC shows that not only has the number of their attacks been increasing, but also that the level of sophistication continues to grow by leaps and bounds as well. Specifically, the SEC reported that hackers may have gained access to
For a time, it seemed we had reached the high-water mark where Locky Ransomware was concerned. After the big, global attack earlier this year, interest in that particular strain of ransomware seemed to wane as hackers went off in search of the “next new thing” to deploy against the unwitting public. Unfortunately, rumors of Locky’s
We’ve seen a lot of hacking attacks so far this year, but the successful breach of SVR Tracking may take the prize as the most invasive attack of 2017. If you’re not familiar with the company, SVR Tracking provides a vehicle tracking service. This is accomplished by mounting a small, unobtrusive device on your car