Zarish Baig and Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write: It has been a year for the record books for data privacy litigation (and we are only into Q2-who knows what Q3 and Q4 will bring!) CPW has been tracking significant developments in this area of the law—including in regards to the California Consumer…
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Criminals Hid Guns, Cash, Drugs in Iris-Scanning Vaults in a Strip Mall, Feds Say
Matthew Gault reports: For years, U.S. Private Vaults sat in a strip mall in Beverly Hills next to a nail salon. It promised customers easy access to secure safe deposit boxes completely anonymously, and required no ID of any kind from customers. “We don’t even want to know your name,” said one advertisement. The Los Angeles…
Chinese Hackers Selling Intimate Stolen Camera Footage
Becky Bracken reports: Stolen videos captured by tens of thousands of security cameras at private properties throughout China are now for sale across social media, marketed as sex tapes. That’s according to the South China Morning Post, which reported that the cost of each “tape” varies, depending on how salacious the material is — nudity…
Phone numbers for 533 million Facebook users leaked on hacking forum
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A threat actor has published the phone numbers and account details for an estimated 533 million Facebook users —about a fifth of the entire social network’s user pool— on a publicly accessible cybercrime forum. According to samples reviewed by The Record today, the leaked data includes information that users posted on their profiles. Information…