#personalinformation — Public Fediverse posts

MakeUseOf: I stopped handing my real email to random websites, here’s what I use instead. “I used to hand over the same address almost everywhere and deal with the resulting newsletters, promotions, and mystery mailing lists later. Now I treat my real email more like my phone number and decide how permanent an address should be before giving it away. A website I need for ten minutes gets […]

Euronews: Hackers access data of 8.8 million people in Denmark in ‘extremely serious’ breach. “Denmark has suffered a major data breach after hackers broke into the country’s national population registry and accessed the personal information of millions of people.”

Associated Press: Personal information for over 1 million people stolen in a cyberattack on Arizona’s court system. “A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system stole personal information for more than a million people and is believed to have started when a court employee clicked a malicious link in an email. The Arizona Supreme Court said the information was copied for 1.3 million people with […]

Mashable: Meta’s Muse reportedly keeps files on everyone you love. “Muse is reportedly compiling data on users’ family, friends, partners, colleagues, ‘collaborators,’ and other people they follow online. Furthermore, a “Relationships” loop runs every hour in the background on a user’s computer, which updates each person’s page, according to researchers with FutureSociety.”

8.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Denmark’s Central Person Register

Hackers abused a company’s lawful access to the CPR system to steal the personal information of registered citizens.

https://www.securityweek.com/8-8-million-impacted-by-data-breach-at-denmarks-central-person-register/

#databreach #hacking #dataleak #personalinformation #IDverification #ageverification #technology #Denmark

Data on 130,000 students and teachers possibly exposed, Osaka university says

Osaka – Osaka Metropolitan University has said that data on at least 130,000 current and former students and…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Osaka #Cybersecurity #hacking #osakametropolitanuniversity #personalinformation #universities
https://www.europesays.com/japan/102476/