ZTE Corp, the world’s No.4 handset vendor and one of two Chinese companies under U.S. scrutiny over security concerns, said one of its mobile phone models sold in the United States contains a vulnerability that researchers say could allow others to control the device, Reuters reported. The hole affects ZTE’s Score model that runs on…
Category: Breaches
A $15B lawsuit against Facebook? That should be a lot of privacy harm, no?
Kit Chellel and Jeremy Hodges report that over 20 lawsuits that were filed against Facebook over tracking users even after they log out of their accounts have been consolidated. The cases will be heard as one lawsuit in federal court in San Jose. “This is not just a damages action, but a groundbreaking digital-privacy rights…
UK council fined £70,000 for losing highly sensitive data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The London Borough of Barnet has been issued with a penalty of £70,000 for losing paper records containing highly sensitive and confidential information, including the names, addresses, dates of birth and details of the sexual activities of 15 vulnerable children or young people. The loss occurred when a social worker took the…
Wife-killer Joe O’Reilly’s lover gets €75k in privacy case
Tim Healy reports: A breach of privacy action brought by Nikki Pelley, the girlfriend of wife-killer Joe O’Reilly, against the Irish Sun newspaper has been settled, the High Court heard today. Ms Pelley had sought an injunction, damages and declarations against the newspaper over the publication on March 19 and March 21, 2011, of private…