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Hilton says malware targeted its credit card system
Hilton Worldwide says it has identified and removed malware that targeted card payment systems at some of its hotels over a 17 week period …
Microsoft Pulled The Newest Windows 10 Update Over A Privacy-Related Bug
Not long after its initial release, the November update for Windows 10, version 1511, was mysteriously pulled from both the system update software and …
Reddit will honor ‘Do Not Track’ requests from visitors
Reddit has decided to honor ‘Do Not Track,’ a feature that will ensure that it does not download third-party analytics on to browsers that …
Obama Wants Silicon Valley’s Help to Fight Terror Online
President Barack Obama asked Silicon Valley firms to work with U.S. law enforcement authorities to prevent terrorists from using social media and encryption technologies, …
Target settles with banks for $39 million after epic data breach
US retailer Target is back in the headlines again over its 2013 breach. This week, Target has settled on an agreement to pay up …
German Parliament Spy Oversight Board Sues German Government Over Data Sharing With NSA
After Edward Snowden’s revelations about the extent of spying being carried out around the world by the NSA and its Five Eyes friends, there …
Blackberry to ‘exit’ Pakistan over data-retention row
Phone-maker Blackberry is to stop operating in Pakistan at the end of 2015 because of government requests to monitor customer data. The Pakistani government …
A study forced people to quit Facebook to see if it made them happier
Can staying off Facebook make you happier? Apparently so. Researchers from the ridiculous-sounding Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen recruited 1,095 daily Facebook users to …
EU wants to give national privacy regulators more clout in new U.S. data pact
The European Union wants to enhance the power of the bloc’s national privacy regulators in policing a planned new EU-U.S. data pact after the …
Anonymous accuses Silicon Valley firm of helping ISIS by protecting their websites from cyber attacks
A Silicon Valley firm is helping ISIS bolster speeding up and improving their online security, Anonymous have claimed. The hacktivists, who have targeted the …
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