Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Lithuanian Defense Ministry published a security audit on Wednesday for three popular 5G smartphone models manufactured in China, recommending that citizens avoid or stop using at least two of the three devices, citing privacy infringements and secret censorship capabilities. Read more on The Record.
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Gardaí urge victims of explicit image blackmail scam to come forward
This is a tough one for victims. Vivienne Clark reports: A Garda crime prevention officer has warned of an ongoing scam targeted at young people which attempts to coerce them into paying blackmail money. Sergeant Dean Kerins told Newstalk Breakfast that while the concept was not new, there had been a number of cases recently…
Rwanda believed to have used NSO spyware against Belgian journalist, wife
The Times of Israel reports: Belgium’s military intelligence service has concluded that a Belgian journalist and his wife were targeted by spyware built by the Israeli NSO Group, likely at the behest of the Rwandan government, according to reports in Belgian media. Le Soir and Knack, both part of the global media consortium that has…
Is China’s New Personal Information Privacy Law the New GDPR?
Catherine Zhu of Foley & Lardner writes: China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)—the first comprehensive law in China for the protection of personal information of individuals in China—will take effect Nov. 1. Given that China makes up almost a fifth of the world’s population, this means the PIPL’s privacy regulatory framework will soon apply…