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A Japanese octogenarian from Hokkaido Island lost thousands of dollars after being scammed by someone who described himself as a desperate astronaut in need of help.   According to Hokkaidō Broadcasting, police in Sapporo say the fraudster contacted the woman on social media in July. After several weeks of exchanging messages, the ‘astronaut’ claimed he was

A blood center has begun sending data breach notifications to its users after suffering a ransomware attack and theft of personal data. The New York Blood Center’s (NYBC) suffered the ransomware attack in January, in which an unauthorized party gained access to its network and acquired copies of a subset of files. The security incident

Media streaming platform Plex has warned customers about a data breach, advising them to reset their password. Plex said an attacker broke into one of its databases, allowing them to access a “limited subset” of customer data. This included email addresses, usernames, hashed passwords, and authentication data. “Any account passwords that may have been accessed

Two ethical hackers say they have uncovered massive security vulnerabilities in the platforms hosted by Restaurant Brands International (RBI). RBI is one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant companies. It was formed in 2014 through a $12.5 billion merger of the American fast food chain Burger King and the Canadian coffee and restaurant chain

A court has ordered Google to pay $425m in a class action lawsuit after it was found to have misled users about their online privacy. In July 2020, Google user Anibal Rodriguez filed a lawsuit against the search giant, arguing that it misled users with its “Web & App Activity” setting. The setting was supposed

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… In the late 2010s, a group of sheriffs out of Pasco County, Florida, believed they could predict crime. The Sheriff’s Department there had piloted a program called “Intelligence-Led Policing” and the program would allegedly analyze disparate points of data to identify would-be criminals. But in reality, the