Latest News: Privacy

A newly released court document from WhatsApp’s lawsuit against NSO Group has confirmed that 1,223 users across 51 countries were targeted by Pegasus spyware in a two-month attack campaign in 2019. The breakdown, based on internal WhatsApp data, provides the most detailed picture yet of how widely

A UK tribunal has ruled that the government cannot conduct its legal battle with Apple concerning encryption behind closed doors, affirming the public’s right to open justice in a case with wide-reaching privacy implications. The judgment, handed down by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on April

OpenSNP, a long-running open-source genetic data platform, is shutting down after citing growing concerns over data privacy, the misuse of genetic information by law enforcement, and the rise of authoritarian governments. The decision comes as 23andMe, a major source of user-submitted genetic data

Genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, raising urgent concerns over the privacy of more than 15 million customers' DNA data. The company announced plans to sell its assets (including users’ genetic data) through a competitive auction process, with CEO and co-founder

Levi & Korsinsky LLP has launched an investigation into Yahoo over claims that the company unlawfully shared private user information. The law firm is preparing arbitration demands for Yahoo account holders who may have been impacted by improper data sharing. California residents who used Yahoo

The UK government has quietly removed advice from its official cybersecurity guidelines that told high-risk individuals to enable Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP), just weeks after demanding that Apple provide a backdoor that would allow the bypassing of this encryption. The removal, first

Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite has suspended its services in Serbia after allegations that Serbian authorities used its technology to plant spyware on the phones of a journalist and an activist. The decision follows a report from Amnesty International, published in December 2024,

Feroot Security has uncovered hidden code in DeepSeek AI that transmits user data directly to China Mobile servers, raising national security concerns. The cybersecurity firm’s discovery was featured on Good Morning America, prompting calls for immediate government action. Feroot’s cybersecurity

A newly discovered vulnerability in Cloudflare's Content Delivery Network (CDN) allows attackers to approximate a user’s location simply by sending them an image. Security researcher Daniel, just 15 years old, identified the issue, which exploits how Cloudflare caches content across its global

Telegram, the encrypted messaging platform, experienced a sharp rise in law enforcement data requests in late 2024, triggered by CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France in August. Durov, a dual citizen of France and Russia, was detained over accusations that he was enabling organized crime and