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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...