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Outer space’s first-ever cyber crime? It seems so. The US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has confirmed that it is currently investigating an incident involving one of its astronauts who might have committed the first-ever cyber crime in outer space. According to The New York Times, astronaut Anne McClain allegedly accessed her […]
When Facebook got all involved in the data breach wreck last year, we knew there would be consequences (if FB didn’t know that!). After months of investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into the matter, we finally have a settlement at our disposal, which could change things for us, for Facebook, and the one who […]
Equifax, one of the three largest credit-reporting firms in the United States, has to pay up to $700 million in fines to settle a series of state and federal investigations into the massive 2017 data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of nearly 150 million Americans—that’s almost half the country. According to an […]
After several months of negotiations, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a record amount of $5 billion from Facebook in connection with a confidentiality investigation concerning the scandal with Cambridge Analytica. The agreement will put an end to a large-scale investigation that began more than a year ago and focused on a breach of […]
Facebook’s fate now involves controversies that have ignited after the Cambridge Analytica fiasco. Following all the data-breach issues, Facebook could now land up in a new one — courtesy — Mark Zuckerberg’s old emails. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook’s employees (close to the matter) have found old emails that suggest […]
At the WWDC 2019 keynote, Apple brought tons of new software goodies for its loyal fans. The company also refreshed its “trash can” Mac Pro with a new processing beast, its top spec’d model costing as much as a Tesla Model 3. But there is other news that might not sound good to the ears […]
For the past few weeks, the US Department of Justice has been preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against search and advertising behemoth Google. This comes almost six years after a previous antitrust investigation against Google by the Federal Trade Commission. Back then, Google managed to avoid any legal action. Before that, Google faced an […]
If you’re from the Indian subcontinent, there are strong chances that you must have heard about TikTok app, which was formerly known as Musical.ly. The app recently crossed 1 billion downloads on Google Play Store and App Store, out of which 250 million downloads are from India. A US-based industry self-regulatory group called Children’s Advertising […]
Another year, another day, and you are again reading news about Facebook about to get fined by the FTC. And this time, the money could be greater than what the tech giant had already paid — it could be in a multi-billion dollar magnitude. It goes without saying that the underlying reason behind the record […]
A report by The Washington Post has indicated that the Federal Trade Commission is planning on punishing Facebook with a “record-setting” fine for failing to protect users’ data. The information to the post came from three anonymous people who are familiar with the proceedings of FTC. Soon after the report was published, Facebook’s shares witnessed […]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to know if you have been a victim of a malicious websites using your computer to mine cryptocurrency. You’ll find a way to let them know. One of the biggest growing trends in information security felonies is the cryptojacking, which involves web sites of malicious content that uses […]
InMobi ad network, which reaches more than 1 billion devices, settles FTC charges. A mobile advertising company that tracked the locations of hundreds of millions of consumers without consent has agreed to pay $950,000 (£640,000) in civil penalties and implement a privacy program to settle charges that it violated federal law. The US Federal Trade […]
If it can happen to her, chances are it can happen to lots of people. In a scenario that’s growing increasingly common, the chief technologist of the US Federal Trade Commission recently lost control of her smartphone after someone posing as her walked into a mobile phone store and hijacked her number. Details of the incident […]
According to recent statistics, Google is said to be occupying 77% of the search engine market and FTC (Federal Trade Commission) believes it is taking unfair advantage of this monopoly. FTC is all said to be taking serious measures to stop Google’s growth. FTC has setup a page report against Google’s mis-use of powers, which […]