The U.S. is establishing an "Intelligence Community Data Consortium" to centralize the purchase of personal data from brokers, raising privacy concerns. Efforts to ban such practices have stalled in the Senate.
The U.S. is establishing an "Intelligence Community Data Consortium" to centralize the purchase of personal data from brokers, raising privacy concerns. Efforts to ban such practices have stalled in the Senate.
A 19-year-old student, Matthew Lane, is set to plead guilty to hacking PowerSchool's customer support portal, stealing sensitive data of millions, and demanding a $2.85 million ransom.
Following a 2023 data breach involving the MOVEit file transfer software, the National Student Clearinghouse agreed to a $9.95 million settlement. Affected individuals, including students and teachers, can claim up to $12,500 for documented losses.
A hacker known as "ByteBreaker" claims to have obtained and is selling personal data from 1.2 billion Facebook accounts. The data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, and more, allegedly gathered through web scraping.
