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Spanish Soccer League App Spies on Fans

Schneier on Security

The Spanish Soccer League's smartphone app spies on fans in order to find bars that are illegally streaming its games. The app listens with the microphone for the broadcasts, and then uses geolocation to figure out where the phone is. The Spanish data protection agency has ordered the league to stop doing this.

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Soccer Fans, You're Being Watched

WIRED Threat Level

Stadiums around the world, including at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, are subjecting spectators to invasive biometric surveillance tech.

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Qatar's World Cup Apps Pose Privacy Concerns

Data Breach Today

European Data Protection Authorities Advise Using Loaner Phones Soccer fans watching the 2022 FIFA World Cup live from Doha should think twice about installing two apps developed for the Qatari government, warn multiple European data protection authorities.

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Manchester United: IT Systems Disrupted in Cyberattack

Threatpost

soccer club confirmed an attack but said personal fan data remains secure. The popular U.K.

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Manchester United Suffers Cyberattack

Dark Reading

Premier League soccer club says the attack didn't affect its website and app, and it doesn't appears to have exposed any fan or customer data either.

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FC Barcelona Suffers Likely Credential-Stuffing Attack on Twitter

Threatpost

OurMine took over the Spanish powerhouse soccer team's Twitter account.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 466 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

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