Attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in the “view as” feature, which allows users to see how their profile looks like to someone else. The vulnerability caused by three different bugs allowed the attackers to illegally obtain access tokens, thus could have taken over users’ accounts. Users remain logged in to Facebook via an […]
Uber settles for 248 million a data breach that it deliberately tried to push under the carpet in 2016. In the Netherlands, it concerned the data of approximately 174,000 drivers and passengers, including names, email addresses and telephone numbers. A total of 57 million Uber users from around the world, including 600,000 drivers, were secured […]
The first month of the GDPR and GDPR is now over, and according to the IAPP, the EU has certainly been busy with regard to complaints to the authorities, they report in an article . Because not all parties described in the article responded equally, we assume a period of 2 weeks. In the 2 […]
The Dutch Data Protection Authority, which has to supervise compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will be given more clout. The Council of Ministers has decided to significantly increase the regulator’s budget, so that there are more possibilities to check compliance with the upcoming GDPR. Until now, there were too few financial resources […]
Watch your technique! Hopefully it has not escaped your notice: the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG) will enter into force on May 25 in the Netherlands. The regulation prescribes measures to ultimately prevent a data breach of personal data within your BV. The GDPR demands a lot from your IT systems. Which buttons should you […]