Gregory Sweet

When the individual breached Uber, they sent a slack notification to everyone informing them the company had been breached. Employees thought it was a joke. Photo via @ColtonSeal

Breaking from me and @kateconger: Uber was hacked today, and employees can’t access Slack and other internal tools. The hacker also posted a NSFW photo on an employee resource page. Developing… nytimes.com/2022/09/15/tec…

Efforts to ID Tulsa race massacre victims raise privacy issues arstechnica.com/science/2022/0… by @wired

Holiday Inn-owner IHG hit by 'unauthorised activity' in tech systems reut.rs/3wZGFWb

The @AP has learned that U.S. law enforcement agencies across the country have used a cell-phone tracking data tool called “Fog Reveal,” at times without a search warrant, to follow people’s movements months back in time. apnews.com/article/techno…

Crypto criminals laundered $540 million by using a service called RenBridge to bypass exchanges cnb.cx/3SFOIAp

As of yesterday, you can get something like Apple iCloud Private Relay on Android (!). Made possible by INVISV + @fastly. wired.com/story/pretty-g…

“This marks one of the first instances of a person’s Facebook activity being used to incriminate her in a state where abortion access is restricted.” Justice for Celeste Burgess, her mother, Jessica, and all people seeking abortions in oppressive states. forbes.com/sites/emilybak…

Sources: former TikTok content moderators working for a third-party company say they were trained using CSAM from a shared document with wide internal access (@ali_lev / Forbes) forbes.com/sites/alexandr… #a220805p15" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/220805/p15#a22…

[BREACH ALERT] 280M+ records in this Indian database, publicly exposed. Where to report? @IndianCERT ?

Woman files class action lawsuit against Equifax over credit score errors fxn.ws/3zw9j1v

Where cannabis legalization efforts stand across the country politi.co/3zwiBdF via @politico

It's #BackToSchool season and as you’re getting your kids ready for the new school year, the FTC wants you to know we’re thinking about your children’s privacy while they use education technology to do their schoolwork. More: bit.ly/3BHXpEn

JUST IN: New York's regulator has fined Robinhood’s #crypto unit $30 million for allegedly violating anti-money-laundering and cybersecurity regulations.

Breaking: Equifax provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of Americans seeking home, car and credit-card loans, people familiar with the matter said, resulting in higher interest rates and denied applications for some consumers on.wsj.com/3PUziXv

Equifax disclosed that it was giving its CEO $25 million in a “special” stock award Tuesday, just hours after a report detailed inaccurate credit reports the company sent to consumers. trib.al/mwp3ZQW

Data Protection Commissioner of Mauritius, Drudeisha Madhub, visited #Rwanda and shared Mauritius’s experience of implementing personal data protection and privacy legislation within the banking and financial sector. buff.ly/3cXPc4C

Children’s Advertising Review Unit Finds Firefly Games in Violation of COPPA and CARU’s Advertising and Privacy Guidelines; Company Agrees to Corrective Actions Read more: hubs.la/Q01j2yKb0 #COPPA #Advertising #Privacy

These Companies Know When You're Pregnant—And They're Not Keeping It Secret gizmodo.com/data-brokers-s…

New: Local officials in Illinois are turning up scrutiny of ICE's deals with data brokers, arguing they violate their sanctuary status Activists hope it's a strategy that gains steam nationwide washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…