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Data leak exposes users of car-sharing service Blink Mobility

Security Affairs

Its metadata was then indexed by search engines and discovered by Cybernews researchers on October 17th. Cybernews researchers reported the incident to the company the same day it was discovered, and two days later, the database was no longer accessible. Anyone with any MongoDB viewer could have accessed the public-facing database.

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3CX data exposed, third-party to blame

Security Affairs

We reached out to 3CX for comment but did not receive a reply before publishing this article. Moreover, the call metadata can reveal internal company information or even the health of an organization. That way, attackers could access user data simply by installing the software and using a legitimate license key.

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The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR

Security Affairs

The Irish regulator pointed out that by making the accessibility of its services conditional on users accepting the updated Terms of Service, WhatsApp Ireland forced them to consent to the processing of their personal data. “WhatsApp says it’s encrypted, but this is only true for the content of chats – not the metadata.

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LastPass Breach

Schneier on Security

If that’s true, it means that LastPass has some backdoor—possibly unintentional—into the password databases that the hackers are accessing. (Or News articles. Last August, LastPass reported a security breach, saying that no customer information—or passwords—were compromised. Slashdot thread.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

The memex was a hypothetical information-centric hypertext device that would permit people to access any information, regardless of where it was stored. Therefore, in this article the terms “information,” “data,” and “content” are synonymous. His vision and prediction influenced the development of ARPANET, and eventually the Internet.

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EU Council Presidency Releases Proposed Amendments to Draft ePrivacy Regulation

Hunton Privacy

refraining from sharing metadata or information collected via the use of cookies or similar technologies with third-parties, unless it has been previously anonymized. refraining from sharing metadata or information collected via the use of cookies or similar technologies with third-parties, unless it has been previously anonymized.

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How to accelerate the feeding of your SAE and GED?

Everteam

Electronic Records Management Systems (ERMS) allow these documents to be stored securely, with integrity, in compliance with regulatory requirements, while making them easily accessible. However, the feeding of the GED or SAE remains a long , tedious and expensive task.