Important #UK #petition to sign: "Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising"

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456

If you are a UK citizen or UK resident PLEASE SIGN THIS

We need the #government to take this seriously so creeps like this #databroker don't get more data:
https://gizmodo.com/data-broker-brags-about-having-highly-detailed-personal-information-on-nearly-all-internet-users-2000575762

And #democracy isn't undermined by the #microtargeting from #socialmedia - #Trump /Brexit/Romania etc

Large enterprises scramble after supply-chain attack spills their secrets

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/03/supply-chain-attack-exposing-credentials-affects-23k-users-of-tj-actions/

#Amazon is still hosting #stalkerware victims’ data weeks after breach alert

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/amazon-is-still-hosting-stalkerware-victims-data-weeks-after-breach-alert/

#TataTechnologies’ data leaked by #ransomware gang

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/tata-technologies-data-leaked-by-ransomware-gang/

Smashing Security podcast #408: A gag order backfires, and a snail mail ransom demand - What happens when a healthcare giant’s legal threats ignite a Streisand Effect wildfire… ... https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-408/ #smashingsecurity #ransomware #databreach #lawℴ #snailmail #dataloss #malware #podcast #postal

#PowerSchool previously hacked in August, months before #DataBreach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-previously-hacked-in-august-months-before-data-breach/

Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance. The AP and Seattle Times teamed up on this investigation.

From their overview: "But these tools raise serious questions about privacy and security. In fact, when The Seattle Times and The Associated Press partnered to investigate school surveillance, reporters inadvertently received access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents through a records request. The documents were stored without a password or firewall, and anyone with the link could read them."

Read more at https://apnews.com/article/ai-school-chromebook-surveillance-gaggle-investigation-takeaways-381fa82978f27eb85f20d03236820711

#databreach #EduSec #infosecurity #surveillanvce #AI

@douglevin @funnymonkey

Break-ins to systems hosting the data of two US healthcare organizations led to thieves making off with the personal and medical data of more than 300,000 patients. #databreach

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/rhysida_healthcare/