https://www.privacyaffairs.com/dark-web-price-index-2020/
You might be asking yourself, just how easy is it to obtain someone else’s personal information, documents, account details? We certainly were.
To see just how prevalent such items of personal data are being listed, and at what price, we sent our researchers on a data-gathering mission into the dark web.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-makes-u-turn-on-huawei-after-u-s-pressure-11594727179
British government gives cellular companies until 2027 to remove Chinese firm’s technology
Sikkerhetsbrist i Ryde-appen gjorde at folk kunne reise på andres regning og spore deres bevegelser. Datatilsynet skal undersøke saken
I april fant tre studenter ved NTNU et sikkerhetshull i Bibliofil. Utlånssystemet er i bruk ved 159 forskjellige bibliotek i Norge, og har registrert informasjon om 3,5 millioner lånere.
Siden januar 2019 har blant annet navn, adresse, telefonnummer og personnummer vært tilgjengelig med kun enkle tekniske grep.
https://www.engadget.com/ucla-glove-sign-language-translator-134846711.html
translate sign language into written and spoken words on a smartphone. The system works in real time and can interpret 660 American Sign Language signs with a promising 98.63 percent accuracy. It could one day be used to teach more people sign language and help deaf people communicate with non-sign language users.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53263310
A top-secret communications system used by criminals to trade drugs and guns has been “successfully penetrated”, says the National Crime Agency.
Major crime figures were among over 800 Europe-wide arrests after messages on EncroChat were intercepted and decoded.
More than two tonnes of drugs, several dozen guns and £54m in suspect cash have been seized, says the NCA.An estimated 60,000 people, among them up to 10,000 in Britain, subscribed to France-based EncroChat, which has now been taken down.
The system operated on customised Android phones and, according to its website, provided “worry-free secure communications”.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/26/21304228/tiktok-security-ios-clipboard-access-ios14-beta-feature
A beta feature on iOS 14 showed what the app was up to
The project near Manchester, UK, will use spare green energy to compress air into a liquid and store it. When demand is higher, the liquid air is released back into a gas, powering a turbine that puts the green energy back into the grid.
is due to be operational in 2022 and will be able to power up to 200,000 homes for five hours, and store power for many weeks.