Privacy

TechCrunch reports that Facebook was revealed to have covertly conducted Snapchat network traffic interception and decryption since 2016 as part of the initiative dubbed "Project Ghostbusters" that sought to bolster user behavior analysis and better compete with the instant messaging app.

More than 1,800 stores on major e-commerce platform Shopify using Saara's EcoReturns and WyseMe plugins had 25 GB of data exposed due to the developer's misconfigured MongoDB database, according to Cybernews.

Cybernews reports that the California Department of Food and Agriculture had individuals' sensitive and personal information leaked to "external users" following the compromise of its external Plant Health and Pest Prevention website discovered earlier this month.

U.S. global apparel and footwear company VF Corporation, which owns Vans, The North Face, and Supreme, emphasized that the December cyberattack that impacted data from 35.5 million customers did not include any bank information or credit card details, The Register reports.

TechCrunch reports that data allegedly stolen from AT&T three years ago that contained information from 73 million subscribers was confirmed to be authentic by Have I Been Pwned? administrator Troy Hunt after matching the exposed details with purportedly impacted AT&T customers.

The U.S.-led global guidance notes the need for vulnerability management and data protection.

Investigation into the major U.S. airlines' data security and privacy policies has been introduced by the Department of Transportation in a bid to determine potentially unfair data monetization and sharing with third parties as part of the Biden administration's efforts to bolster consumer privacy.