Tech Crunch reports that an Indian government website was allegedly exposing the personal identifiable information (PII) of potentially millions of Indian farmers. The PII in question is the Aadhaar numbers which are a confidential 12-digit number assigned to each Indian national by the national identity database. The number is used as proof of identity for...
The federal government of Canada has presented a bill by which it would compel companies in the energy, telecommunications, finance, and transportation sectors to either increase their cybersecurity systems or face expensive penalties in case of a breach. The bill is entitled Act Respecting Cyber Security and was presented by Canadian Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne...
A research by Recorded Future’s Inskit Group has analysed the spike in cyber attacks against Latin American institutions between January and May 2022. It suggests that those institutions were easy targets for ransomware attackers due to lack of proper cybersecurity hygiene in the region. The research concludes that those cyber attacks “could constitute a credible national...
With the Provisional Measure No. 1,124 amending the Brazilian General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD), the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) becomes independent from the Presidency Office. The Measure is already in force, while it will have to be converted in law by the National Congress. The Measure does not change the authority and...
Stephen Pritchard writes on The Daily Swig about a new hacking technique which allows threat actors to evade some of the most effective phishing countermeasures through reverse tunnelling and URL shorteners. Apparently, the use of this technique leaves no traces. Read the article here.
Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), has published an article on Politico to motivate his call for a more effective implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Find the article here.
The US media channel CNBC reports that the US Chamber of Commerce would be against the US Congress moving forward with the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). The American Data Privacy and Protection Act “as drafted is unworkable and should be rejected,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote in a draft letter...
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