Reuters reports: A popular mobile web browser from a company that Alibaba paid more than $1 billion for last year leaks sensitive user data and is a privacy risk, a Canadian technology research group said on Thursday. Citizen Lab said Chinese and English-language versions of UC Browser, developed by UCWeb Inc, made easily available to…
Category: Breaches
UK data watchdog: Massive fines won’t keep data safe
Jennifer Baker reports: The UK’s data protection watchdog has said issuing fines “left, right and centre” is not the way to ensure privacy. However, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham added that this doesn’t mean his office shouldn’t have those exact powers at its disposal. “The obligation laid on data protection authorities always to fine data controllers…
Factory reset FAILS in 500 MEEELLION Android phones
Darren Pauli reports: Cambridge University boffins Laurent Simon and Ross Anderson say half a billion Android phones could have data recovered and Google accounts compromised thanks to flaws in the default wiping feature. The gaffe allows tokens for Google and Facebook among others to be recovered in 80 percent of cases. Encryption keys can also…
State department worker accused of ‘sextortion’ arrested in Atlanta
Steve Visser reports: Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week and charged him with running a massive “sextortion” scam claiming he stole sexually explicit photos of young women from their Internet accounts and then blackmailed them for more sexual photos and videos. Michael C. Ford, a staffer at the…