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Toyota exposed location data of 2.3 million customers for over a decade

Toyota has exposed the location data of 2.3 million customers for over a decade. The information was accessible due to a security breach in their sales module. The data included customers’ names, email addresses, and vehicle identification numbers (VINs). The breach occurred in Japan, but the data of customers from several countries, including the US […]

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70 years in prison for Twitter hack?

A UK national, Joseph James O’Connor, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the July 2020 Twitter hack that targeted numerous high-profile accounts and defrauded users of the platform. O’Connor and his co-conspirators seized control of 130 Twitter accounts, including those belonging to Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, to perpetrate a cryptocurrency scam […]

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Surveillance or privacy concerns could make WhatsApp dissapear in UK?

UK ministers have been warned that WhatsApp could disappear from the country due to privacy concerns. The warning comes as a result of a proposed new law that would require messaging platforms to allow law enforcement access to encrypted messages in certain circumstances. WhatsApp currently uses end-to-end encryption, which prevents anyone, including WhatsApp itself, from […]

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“Private ChatGPT Version” to businesses

Microsoft is testing a “private ChatGPT” alternative to its language model, which is designed to alleviate concerns about data privacy. The private version, called “Microsoft Private AI,” would be limited to a specific organization and its data would not leave the organization’s network. This move comes as companies are increasingly concerned about the security and […]

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Android chip provider secretly collecting user data

Security researchers discovered that a chip present in some Android phones manufactured by Qualcomm is secretly collecting user data of a sensitive nature such as passwords, financial information, and fingerprints.The chip, called the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment (QSEE), is designed to protect sensitive information on the device.However, researchers found that the QSEE chip was secretly […]

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Hacked by AI? The OS of Human Civilisation

Yuval Noah Harari, a renowned historian and author, argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilization in a recent article in The Economist. Here are the key points from his argument:– AI is rapidly advancing and transforming the world we live in.– It is changing the balance of power between humans, making […]