#privacy-breach

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US politics
fromGothamist
1 day ago

A firestorm in NJ over release of Sherrill's naval records. Whose campaign is hurt most?

An improper National Archives release exposed Rep. Mikie Sherrill's personal naval records, fueling controversy and an inspector general probe amid New Jersey's governor's race.
Information security
fromMail Online
1 week ago

Stranger watching woman through Ring camera sparks warnings for others

A Ring doorbell camera was accessed so a stranger could speak through it, illustrating risks from weak passwords and lack of multi-factor authentication.
Information security
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats accidentally published

Grok's share feature automatically created publicly indexable URLs, exposing hundreds of thousands of user conversations—including personal data and instructions for illegal activities—to search engines.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Boffins: LLM chatbots trivial to weaponise for data theft

AI chatbots are widespread in many different sectors as they can provide natural and engaging interactions. We already know these models aren't good at protecting information.
Privacy technologies
Privacy technologies
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Hackers steal images from women's dating safety app that vets men

Tea Dating Advice app suffered a security breach exposing 72,000 user images and posts, including sensitive verification photos.
fromMiami Herald
2 months ago

Miami-Dade fire lieutenant accused of secretly filming colleagues in station bathrooms

Detectives arrested a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lieutenant for secretly videoing colleagues inside fire station bathrooms, accumulating over 600 clips on a disguised camera.
Miami
Privacy professionals
fromTheregister
5 months ago

Blue Shield shared 4.7M people's health info with Google Ads

Blue Shield of California unknowingly shared sensitive health information of 4.7 million members with Google, raising serious privacy concerns.
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