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  China to introduce face scans for phone users for online safety

  Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 03:10pm on December 01, 2019

  China will require telecom operators to collect face scans when registering new phone users at offline outlets starting Sunday, according to the country’s information technology...

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  Privacy missteps raise concern over future of digital assistants

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 01:37pm on August 03, 2019

  A series of privacy missteps in recent months has raised fresh concerns over the future...

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  Rush to fix ‘serious’ computer chip flaws

  BBC | Updated at 12:50pm on January 04, 2018

  Tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. Google researchers...

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  Ransomware cyber-attack a wake-up call, Microsoft warns

  BBC | Updated at 11:05am on May 15, 2017

  A cyber-attack that has hit 150 countries since Friday should be treated by governments around the world as a ‘wake-up call’, Microsoft says...

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  Blogger halts ransomware 'by accident'

  BBC | Updated at 08:45am on May 14, 2017

  A UK security researcher has told the BBC how he ‘accidentally’ halted the spread of the malicious ransomware that has affected hundreds of organisations, including...

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  Hackers release files indicating NSA monitored global bank transfers

  Reuters | Updated at 08:35am on April 15, 2017

  Hackers released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the US National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system...

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  Extremist images 'fingerprinted' by tech firms

  BBC | Updated at 11:19am on December 06, 2016

  Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are collaborating to stop violent, extremist images and video being spread via their sites...

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  Hackers hit San Francisco transport systems

  BBC | Updated at 03:42pm on November 28, 2016

  San Francisco’s transport agency has been hit by a hack attack which led to customers being able to travel for...

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  Banks tighten SWIFT system security after hacks

  Reuters | Updated at 02:49am on October 01, 2016

  Banks are tightening the security of their SWIFT messaging networks – used by the industry to shift trillions of dollars each day – following revelations...