Privacy

At least 3,779 individuals had their personal data compromised in a cyberattack against U.S. government-funded news service Radio Free Asia in June, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

SecurityWeek reports that millions of users could have their data compromised following the discovery of 1,550 applications leaking Algolia API keys, which are being leveraged by more than 11,000 companies, including Slack, Zendesk, Medium, and Lacoste.

Updated Ducktail info-stealer leveraged in operation's expansion Suspected Vietnamese-speaking threat actors have been expanding operations involving the Ducktail information stealer with added capabilities, SecurityWeek reports.

California's Tahoma County may have had its employees', service recipients', and affiliates' personally identifiable information compromised following a data breach of systems belonging to its Department of Social Services, which was identified on April 9 but was found to have occurred from Nov. 18, 2021 to April 9, 2022, according to SecurityWeek.

Ten state attorneys general are asking Apple to address data privacy gaps in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court abortion ruling by enacting stricter app standards and an auditing program.

Researchers at Mitiga discovered that hundreds of databases were being exposed and leaking personally identifiable information (PII) monthly through a publicly exposed Amazon cloud service.

A number of state attorneys general announced Monday the largest consumer privacy settlement in U.S. history as tech giant Google agreed to pay nearly $400 million over its location tracking practices.