Graham Cluley reports: Researchers have discovered a novel way of exploiting Amazon Echo smart speakers to perform commands. They get the Amazon Echo speaker to say the commands to itself. In a technical paper, researchers from London’s Royal Holloway University in London and the University of Catania in Italy describe their findings, which exploits how an…
Category: Breaches
Ca: Military misconduct: Deal exposed to other breaches of privacy
Maria Gill reports: The company overseeing the federal government’s $900 million settlement deal with military victims of sexual misconduct has admitted to other violations of privacy. DND and attorney Jonathan Ptak, who represents some of the veterans and military involved in the three lawsuits settled by the government, said IPIC has since confirmed three different…
Texas Airbnb cabin owner ‘secretly took 2,000 videos of guests naked and having sex on hidden camera disguised as wifi router’
Chris Bradford reports: A HOTEL owner allegedly took more than 2,000 videos and images of guests naked and having sex on a hidden camera. The device was found inside one of the rooms of Airbnb host A Jay Allee’s secluded Texas cabin and was apparently made to look like a power adapter for a router, police said….
German court rules: CEO to be held personally liable for data privacy violations
Christoph Werkmeister reports: In a recent German case, a court decided that a CEO was personally liable for a data privacy breach after they hired a detective to investigate possible criminal acts by the plaintiff. Given the potential risks, this case raises a number of issues for companies and their boards to consider. This is…