Kacy Zurkus A bug finder recently discovered that Thomas Cook Airlines had a security vulnerability for years, making it possible for hackers to systematically download hundreds of thousands of passenger…
Tag: data
UK Police Secretly Hoover Up Users’ Smartphone Data
Phil Muncaster There have been calls for an immediate independent review after a new Privacy International investigation revealed that police are secretly extracting large volumes of highly sensitive data from…
Second-Hand Storage Devices Offer a Trove of Personal and Business Info
Tara Seals Buying second-hand data storage devices, like remote hard drives, is a fairly common practice—but all too often, those devices contain traces of data that enterprising new users can…
RSA: Quarter of UK Consumers Boycott Breached Firms
By Phil Muncaster Over a quarter of UK adults have boycotted companies that mishandled their data, according to new RSA research highlighting plummeting levels of consumer trust as the volume…
Tomorrow's cities: Are your shoes giving away data?
By Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter Shops and retailers are taking over where street cameras left off, watching shoppers’ every move. According to a 2015 survey of 150 retail executives from…
Google DeepMind's NHS deal under scrutiny
By Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter A deal between Google’s artificial intelligence firm DeepMind and the UK’s NHS had serious “inadequacies”, an academic paper has suggested. More than a million patient…