Tag: Data breach
Pressure on Minister of Justice Buschmann is growing
Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) Buschmanns Haus checks whether personal data should continue to be freely accessible in the commercial register. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin In the debate about…
Twitter is not an isolated case – the sloppy handling of sensitive data endangers us all
Peter Zatko The former head of security at Twitter certifies the company’s negligent handling of sensitive user data. (Photo: Bloomberg) It seemed like everything was going to get better. Twitter…
Uproar over online commercial register: politicians want to “fix the situation”
Berlin After protests from business against the new online commercial register, politicians are now reacting. The problem at stake: Personal data of company directors such as private addresses, dates of…
Two vulnerabilities in the operating systems
Woman with iPhone The duplication of vulnerabilities is an alarming sign for experts. (Photo: imago images/MiS) Dusseldorf Unusually shortly after updating the operating systems last month, Apple is again performing…
Two vulnerabilities in the operating systems
Woman with iPhone The duplication of vulnerabilities is an alarming sign for experts. (Photo: imago images/MiS) Dusseldorf Unusually shortly after updating the operating systems last month, Apple is again performing…
A wiretapping affair puts the Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis in trouble
Kyriacus Mitsotakis The Greek prime minister says he knew nothing about the wiretapping. (Photo: AP) Athens There have been rumors for months, but now it’s certain: last Friday it became…
Data dispute could shut down Facebook & Instagram in Europe
Instagram logo The social network, which belongs to the Meta Group, runs on servers in the USA. (Photo: REUTERS) Brussels The Irish data protection authority wants to prohibit the Meta…
This is how China monitors its citizens
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Beijing The excitement on China’s social media was so great…
Deutsche Telekom sells its customers’ private data in the USA
Hamburg, San Francisco The sun is shining, the employees are grinning, Timotheus Höttges is willing to take selfies: At the end of last week, the head of Deutsche Telekom traveled…
EU and USA agree on rules for data flow
Ursula von der Leyen and Joe Biden in Brussels Agreement on data streams across the Atlantic. (Photo: REUTERS) Brussels The data of European citizens should again be allowed to be…
Authorities register significantly more data protection violations
Berlin The corona pandemic and its effects led to serious data protection violations last year. This is shown by a survey by the Handelsblatt among the data protection officers of…
Authorities register significantly more data protection violations
Berlin The corona pandemic and its effects led to serious data protection violations last year. This is shown by a survey by the Handelsblatt among the data protection officers of…
EU creates legal certainty for the data economy – The EU opens up the Internet of Things Users regain control
Autonomous driving Who benefits from the data? (Photo: Daimler AG) Berlin, Brussels For the industry it is a huge treasure. Imagine a factory being equipped with robots and sensors –…
Many companies find themselves heavily burdened by data protection
EU data protection rules In Germany, many of the data protection regulations already applied before the GDPR. In essence, it is about better protecting consumers in particular. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
Bank apparently had autocrats and criminals as customers
CreditSuisse Over 30,000 account records have been evaluated by an international network of journalists. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Berlin According to a media report, the Swiss bank Credit Suisse has accepted…
This message is addressed to him by his guardian angels
Dusseldorf It’s a story straight out of a Hollywood thriller. Edward Snowden flew to Hong Kong in the summer of 2013. He is an IT specialist for the NSA espionage…
How four asylum seekers saved his life
Dusseldorf Edward Snowden is probably the most famous whistleblower of all time. It’s been almost nine years since the former US secret service agent shook the world with his revelations.…
Instagram, Tiktok and Clubhouse in the sights of data protection authorities
Berlin The Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber has expressed concerns about the use of the social networks Instagram, Tiktok and Clubhouse in federal authorities. “In cooperation with the Federal…
Luca app: police access alerts data protection officers
Berlin, Düsseldorf Access by the Mainz police to personal data from the Luca contact tracking app met with sharp criticism. The officials had used data from visitors to a restaurant…
AI researcher Zweig wants to take the data away from tech companies
Dusseldorf Whether when shopping online, doing research or communicating with friends: Internet users leave vast amounts of data everywhere on the Internet. Tech companies analyze this data with the help…