December 23, 2015 Hello Kitty owner Sanrio says data leak fixed Sanrio, the company behind the popular Hello Kitty brand, says that it has fixed the leak that compromised the data of 3.3 million customers.
December 23, 2015 Changes in regulation aim to protect kids using the Internet Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the Internet.
December 21, 2015 Hello Kitty data leak exposes 3.3 million user accounts, security researcher says Sanrio, the company behind the popular Hello Kitty brand, has suffered a data leak, according to a security specialist.
December 21, 2015 German magazine claims NSA hacking unit uses powerful methods to obtain data A German magazine, citing internal documents, claims the NSA’s hacking unit uses James Bond-style spy gear to obtain data, including intercepting computer deliveries and outfitting them with espionage software.
December 20, 2015 NSA secretly tapped Google, Yahoo data centers worldwide, new report claims Massive cloud networks from companies like Google and Yahoo cache and serve up much of the data on the Internet -- and the NSA has secretly tapped into the unencrypted links behind those company’s enormous servers, according to a new report from the Washington Post.
December 20, 2015 NSA reportedly collecting millions of personal online contact lists worldwide The NSA is collecting hundreds of millions of contact lists from e-mail and instant messaging address books from personal accounts worldwide, including those of many Americans, the Washington Post reported Monday.
December 20, 2015 NSA uses data to map Americans' social connections, report says For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, The New York times reported.
December 20, 2015 NSA can access most smartphone data, report says The U.S. National Security Agency is able to crack protective measures on iPhones, BlackBerry and Android devices, giving it access to users' data on all major smartphones, according to a report Sunday in German news weekly Der Spiegel.
December 20, 2015 Email service linked to NSA leaker Edward Snowden shuts down A Texas-based email service reportedly used by National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said it was shutting down Thursday, explaining in a cryptic message that it would rather go out of business than "become complicit in crimes against the American people."
December 20, 2015 FBI director warns against cellphone encryption FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that murder cases could be stalled, suspects could walk free and justice could be thwarted by a locked phone or an encrypted hard drive.
