UN experts demand US inquiry into Jeff Bezos Saudi hacking claims - The Guardian
‘Grave concern’ expressed at evidence of possible ‘effort to silence Washington Post’
Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - Reuters
More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud
Under that plan, primarily designed to thwart hackers, Apple would no longer have a key to unlock the encrypted data, meaning it would not be able to turn material over to authorities in a readable form even under court order.
In private talks with Apple soon after, representatives of the FBI’s cyber crime agents and its operational technology division objected to the plan, arguing it would deny them the most effective means for gaining evidence against iPhone-using suspects, the government sources said.
When Apple spoke privately to the FBI about its work on phone security the following year, the end-to-end encryption plan had been dropped
An unsecured facial-recognition database with info on thousands of children from 20 schools in China, half in areas with large Tibetan populations, found online - WSJ
Filmet pasientene: Lå åpent ute på sykehusets interne nettsider i 10 måneder – NRK Finnmark – Lokale nyheter, TV og radio
Finnmarkssykehuset vurderer feilen som alvorlig, men har ikke varslet pasientene som ble overvåket ulovlig.
The Trump administration issues new guidelines for autonomous vehicles that rely on voluntary standards, despite calls for specific rules from safety advocates – Tom Krisher / Associated Press
This Secretive Surveillance Company Is Selling Cops Cameras Hidden in Gravestones - VICE
Special Services Group also offers cameras hidden in child carseats and vacuum cleaners.
Ring Fired Employees for Watching Customer Videos - VICE
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3mdvk/ring-fired-employees-abusing-video-data
The news highlights a risk across many different tech companies: employees may abuse access granted as part of their jobs to look at customer data or information. In Ring’s case this data can be particularly sensitive though, as customers often put the cameras inside their home.
Amazon Echo Dot Kids: Privacy violations puts kids at risk, lawsuit alleges - CBS News
fails to adequately protect children’s privacy by illegally keeping data on children even after their parents try to delete it
Company shuts down because of ransomware, leaves 300 without jobs just before holidays - ZDNet
As a result of the botched ransomware recovery process, the company’s leadership decided to suspend all services, leaving more than 300 employees without jobs.
Over the past two years, there have been many cases where smaller companies decided to shut down for good, lacking the funds to pay a ransom demand to get their data back or lacking the funds needed to rebuild their IT infrastructure
Hackers steal data for 15 million patients, then sell it back to lab that lost it - Ars Technica
Canada’s biggest provider of specialty laboratory testing services said it paid hackers an undisclosed amount for the return of personal data they stole belonging to as many as 15 million customers.