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Companies await fate of data sharing deal

19

Apr

2016

A deal between the United States and the European Union on transferring data is facing another obstacle, with a key group of regulators demanding changes to the agreement. Businesses on both sides of the Atlantic are anxious for the so-called Privacy Shield to be put in place. The deal would allow tech companies such as […]

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US passport and visa database open to intrusion?

05

Apr

2016

The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD), which contains over 290 million passport-related records, 184 million visa records, and 25 million records on US citizens living abroad, has been found to be vulnerable to cyber attack and possibly data tampering. The discovery was the result of an internal review of the US State Department’s cyber defenses performed […]

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US Tax Season Fuels Surge in Email Scams

05

Apr

2016

As the US tax season draws to a close, authorities are warning of an alarming rise in “phishing” scams designed to steal sensitive personal and financial information. The Internal Revenue Service said earlier this year it has noticed “an approximate 400 percent surge in phishing and malware incidents so far in the 2016 tax season,” […]

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