North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646

a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked

Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.

Amazon gives a German Alexa user, who requested his personal data under GDPR, access to 1,700 audio files of another user; Amazon says it was due to human error

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-data-security/amazon-error-allowed-alexa-user-to-eavesdrop-on-another-home-idUSKCN1OJ15J

Annual Smart Speaker IQ Test

https://loupventures.com/annual-smart-speaker-iq-test/

Google Assistant was able to answer 88% of them correctly vs. Siri at 75%, Alexa at 73%, and Cortana at 63%

Over a 12-month period, Google Home improved by 7 percentage points, Echo by 9 points, Siri (9-month) by 22 points, and Cortana by 7 points

Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754

About 110,000 passengers on 760 flights were due to fly on Thursday. Disruption could last “several days”.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed the Army has been called in to support Sussex Police.

NASA discovered a data breach in October involving employee info, including Social Security numbers; scope of breach and number of impacted employees unclear

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasa-discloses-data-breach/

Twitter bug leaks phone number country codes – TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/17/twitter-country-code-leak/

The concern here is that malicious actors could have used the security flaw to figure out in which countries accounts were based, which could have ramifications for whistleblowers or political dissidents.

Become A Facebook-Free Business – Signal v. Noise

https://m.signalvnoise.com/become-a-facebook-free-business-5bfefc20c09d

NPR’s move into podcasting analytics raises privacy concerns - Columbia Journalism Review

https://www.cjr.org/innovations/nprs-move-into-podcasting-analytics-raises-privacy-concerns.php

Bergen kommune får millionbot fra Datatilsynet - Bergens Tidende

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/zLB9JK/Kommunen-far-millionbot-fra-Datatilsynet

Saken begynte i vår da en 7.-klassing fant et sikkerhetshull med passord og andre personopplysninger til 35.000 elever og foresatte i bergensskolen.

Regjeringen vurderer tiltak som kan ramme Huawei - E24

https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/teknologi/regjeringen-vurderer-tiltak-som-kan-ramme-huawei/24518264

Det kinesiske selskapet har levert nettverksutstyr til både Telia og Telenor, mens Ice bruker Nokia i sin utbygging av 4G-nettet.