Category: data

Phone Numbers, Passport Details of Millions of Australians Lost in Massive Hack of Telco

The private information of 9.8 million Australians is at risk after major telecommunications firm Optus suffered a cyber attack that breached its firewall. On Sept. 22, Optus confirmed that hackers got access to the names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and potentially the driver’s licence, passport numbers, and addresses, of millions of current…


Phone Numbers, Passport Details of 10 Million Australians Lost in Massive Telco Hack

The private information of 9.8 million Australians is at risk after major telecommunications firm Optus suffered a cyber attack that breached its firewall. On Sept. 22, Optus confirmed that hackers got access to the names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and potentially the driver’s licence, passport numbers, and addresses, of millions of current…


Morgan Stanley to Pay $35 Million to Settle SEC Charges It Mishandled Customer Data

WASHINGTON—A Morgan Stanley unit has agreed to pay $35 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges it repeatedly failed to safeguard personal information for millions of customers, the regulator said Tuesday. The SEC said that for five years, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney failed to protect personal identifying information for 15 million customers. The firm…


American Airlines Says Data Breach Affected Some Customers, Employees

American Airlines Inc. on Tuesday confirmed a data breach and said while an “unauthorized actor” gained access to personal information of a small number of customers and employees through a phishing campaign, there was no evidence of data misuse. Recently, Uber Technologies Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. also disclosed similar breaches, leaving investors and…


TikTok Executive Declined to Commit to Cut Off Americans’ Data to China

A TikTok executive refused to make a commitment that the hugely popular short-video app would cut off flows of Americans’ data to China during the first U.S. Senate hearing since recent reports on its connections to Beijing. TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas, along with executives from other U.S. big tech companies, testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee…


Data Access Requests Expected to Grow Under US-Australia Cloud Data Sharing Treaty

Requests to access the electronic data of alleged criminals are expected to increase under a cloud data sharing treaty made between Australia and the United States. Under the Australia-US CLOUD Act Agreement, which was signed between the two countries on Dec. 15, 2021, Australian and U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies will be allowed timely…


Warning: The Cars of Tomorrow Will Be Surveillance Vehicles

Commentary In his new book, aptly titled “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation,” the author Paris Marx explains why the elites in the Santa Clara Valley shouldn’t be let anywhere near our vehicles. This should come as no surprise. Although a number of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies have made our lives…


Russia Is China’s Top Oil Supplier for 3rd Month in July: Customs Data

Russia held its spot as China’s top oil supplier for a third month in July, data showed on Saturday, as independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival suppliers such as Angola and Brazil. Imports of Russian oil, including supplies pumped via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline and seaborne…


[PREMIERING 10:30AM ET] Whistleblower: Military Covering Up COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries

The U.S. military is allegedly covering up data on injuries from the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a whistleblower. Lt. Mark Bashaw, a preventive medicine officer with the U.S. Air Force, has stepped forward to reveal how vaccine injuries are being hidden from the public, and how the military’s database that tracks vaccine injuries has been…


[PREMIERING NOW] Whistleblower: Military Covering Up COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries

The U.S. military is allegedly covering up data on injuries from the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a whistleblower. Lt. Mark Bashaw, a preventive medicine officer with the U.S. Air Force, has stepped forward to reveal how vaccine injuries are being hidden from the public, and how the military’s database that tracks vaccine injuries has been…