Telegram's founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, was detained at an airport near Paris, France, under an arrest warrant accusing the platform, which has about 900 million users, of enabling serious crimes such as money laundering, child exploitation, fraud, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime, and terrorism. Known for its strong encryption and privacy features, Telegram has been partly driven by a ...
The damage from the largest computing failure in history – the failure of CrowdStrike's security software update that paralyzed healthcare institutions, banks, airlines, and about 8.5 million computers worldwide over the last weekend – is estimated to exceed one billion dollars. This estimate by Anderson Economic Group includes the direct damage caused to CrowdStrike customers due to the shutdown of ...
In a 107-page decision, a Manhattan U.S. District Judge dismissed most claims against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that SolarWinds misled investors about the security of its Orion software, which was exploited by Russian hackers in a major cyberattack known as “Sunburst.” This attack targeted thousands ...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a legal victory against Google when a federal judge ruled that the company unlawfully maintains a monopoly in the online search market. The DOJ's case focused on two main issues in Google's business practices: exclusionary contracts and the network effects that reinforce Google's dominance. The DOJ argued that by securing its search engine ...
Today, the Knesset voted to approve the enactment of Amendment No. 13 to the Privacy Protection Law. The amendment (previously known as amendment no. 14), which will come into effect one year after its forthcoming publication in the official gazette, includes a series of comprehensive changes to Israel's outdated privacy law. This is the most comprehensive amendment to the law ...
The Knesset (the Israeli parliament) has approved the enactment of the Posthumous Access to Digital Content Bill, 2024. This law allows users of digital services to designate “family members or other close individuals” to access their digital content accounts after their death.
The legislation allows individuals to decide how their personal digital content will be managed posthumously or if they ...
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