December 22, 2024
Government-led mass surveillance schemes in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom were delivered a potential blow by an opinion from the advocate-general of the EU's top court in Luxembourg on Wednesday (15 January).
Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer plans to use automatic facial recognition at 134 railway stations and 14 airports, according to a news report published on 3 January. Although official confirmation of the plan is still missing, an alliance between civil society and politicians has called for the banning of this surveillance technology. EURACTIV Germany reports.
  Facebook and Twitter had been ordered to relocate all their servers storing Russians' data into Russia by Jan. 31   Russia’s communications watchdog said Friday (31/1/2020) it has launched fresh proceedings against Facebook and Twitter over their failure to comply with local data laws. The social media giants “have not provided information on the localization of Russian users’...
According to his report The world, Rouen-Charles Nicolle University Hospital is today struggling to recover from a devastating ransomware attack that hit them almost a week ago. It is one of the largest hospitals in Northern France, with 2500 beds and 10000 staff, so the disorder affects many hundreds of people in need of help and care. Currently, the ransomware worm has spread to about six...
On the 8th January, over 50 organisations from every corner of the globe asked Google to stop manufacturers and vendors using android phones to exploit people who can’t afford the latest iPhone. Liberties was one of those organisations.
About 175.000 cameras CCTV are currently installed on Moscow, for security reasons. Of these, over 4.000 cameras are located in central areas of the city and as stated by the mayor of its capital Ρωσίας the 2017, 3.000 cameras have the face recognition technology of the goverment.
It seems bitcoin has come out swinging against fiat currency — as one of the world’s largest fiat currency exchanges is offline due to a software virus. UK currency exchange site Travelex may be subject to ransom demands to get back online and protect its customers’ data; the attackers are demanding a six-figure ransom to be paid in bitcoin, according to Computer Weekly.
Both Twitter and Facebook, confirmed that there is a possibility personal ones information millions of users have leaked malicious agents, from applications third parties. This information includes names, gender, emails, usernames and possibly the most recent tweets.
The world is moving towards cashless payment, and Asia is leading the charge with companies like Alibaba, Tencent, and Grab, and fast-growing mobile payment usage rates across the region. In China, more than 600 million people already use mobile payments, and in Southeast Asia, users are catching up fast.