Last Friday I had a job interview via video calling. It concerned the position of account manager. It was already about the second meeting and I am very enthusiastic. Or maybe I should say: I was very enthusiastic. Not quite sure yet … Read more about this article here: https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/over-privacy/privacyverhalen/eric-39-werd-tijdens-een-sollicitatiegesprek-geconfronteerd-met-zijn-medisch-verleden?pk_campaign=privacyverhalen_20210212&pk_keyword=sollicitatie_lin
Browser ‘Favicons’ can be used as undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to track you online. Favicons can break through incognito mode, VPNs, and Pi-holes to track your movement online. Read more about this article here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7v5y7/browser-favicons-can-be-used-as-undeletable-supercookies-to-track-you-online
In the Swiss city of Zurich, a hacker broke into various digital information boards on Tuesday to play porn videos on them. Information boards normally show departure times of trams and buses, now travelers using public transport were confronted with images from the Pornhub website. It is still unknown which smart bastard is behind the […]
The Amsterdam hospital OLVG has been fined 440,000 euros by the Dutch Data Protection Authority. According to the Dutch Authority, the hospital had taken too few measures between 2018 and 2020 to prevent access by unauthorized employees to medical files. There was not enough control over who viewed which file. The security of the computer […]
A hacker remotely accessed the computer system the operator was monitoring that controls chemical levels in the water as well as other operations. The operator observed the mouse moving around on the screen to access various systems that control the water being treated. The hacker tried to poison the town’s water supply by raising the […]
The CBS of the Netherlands (Statistics office of the Netherlands) investigated how internet users from aged 12 or older take measures to protect their personal data on the internet. According to this survey, in which fa. 6,500 people took part of it, 90 percent said they had taken measures to protect their personal information on […]
A compiation of many breaches with 3.2 billion email-and-password pairs was posted online with existing data that had been stolen as part of previous breaches and leaks from companies like Netflix and LinkedIn. Read more about this topic: https://bgr.com/2021/02/05/data-breach-email-and-passwords-leaked-compilation-of-many-breaches/
A criminal organisation set up shell companies in the United States and opened bank accounts for these companies. To gain the trust of the financial institutions, members of the criminal network made transfers to the US-based accounts from different locations in the EU. Based on this trust, the American-based banks issued debit and credit cards […]
Half a million Dutch people already have a smart doorbell that often stores personal data in the cloud. Who has access to it? What are the security measures? How long and where is the data stored? Which data? Who is this information shared with? Are automated decisions taking place? Read more about this article here: […]
Emotet is malware that can install additional malware on systems, steals passwords from browsers and email clients and is very difficult to remove. A computer infection with Emotet malware often comes about through a phishing attack by email. In doing so, the victim is tempted to click on a malicious link, for example in a […]