F-Secure researchers found vulnerabilities in electronic lock systems used by global hotel chains and other hotels around the world that could be exploited to allow hackers access to any room in a hotel.
Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed the scheme was on Capitol Hill Tuesday encouraging lawmakers to probe whether the data analytics firm's actions were in violation of U.S. law.
While data breaches put millions at risk each year, it's easy to forget about some of the most vulnerable victims who often don't have the knowledge or resources to protect their identities.
The use of internet obfuscation services by the elite, or North Korea's "0.1 percent," increased 1,200 percent since a July 2017 analysis, with significant upticks in the use of VPNs, TOR, VPS and TLS.
The bill, penned by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., and Sen. Amy Kobluchar, D-Minn., would compel social media firms to provide users with a copy of the data that has been collected on them and who had accessed.