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Free Chinese VPN exposed millions of users’ data

18

Aug

2022

A free VPN service aimed at Chinese users has been found guilty of exposing over 5.7 billion data entries. An investigation by Cybernews(opens in new tab) revealed Airplane Accelerates apps – whose Chinese version counts over 3,000 reviews on the App Store only – leaked a staggering amount of users’ personal information, including user IDs, […]

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Personal Information of Over 30,000 Students Exposed in Unprotected Database

06

Jun

2022

The server, the researchers say, was left connected to the Internet and did not require a password to allow access to the data within. Thus, it exposed more than one million records representing the personally identifiable information (PII) of 30,000 to 40,000 students, the researchers estimate. The exposed information, they say, included full names, email […]

Category Data loss Threats & Malware Written by Securityweek 0 Comments

You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results

29

Apr

2022

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. The move comes just months after Google rolled out a new policy enabling people under the age of 18 (or a […]

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