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Higit 700,000 Facebook users sa PH, naapektuhan ng data breach

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 04:44 PM

Higit 700,000 users o gumagamit ng Facebook ang naapektuhan ng isang data breach noong nakaraang buwan, sabi ng Facebook sa National Privacy Commission. Read more »

Pentagon investigating cyber breach of travel records

Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 06:29 AM

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is investigating a cyber breach of some of its travel records that led to personal information being exposed, the military said on Friday. Read more »

Facebook says hackers accessed data of 29 million users

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 01:51 AM

Facebook said Friday that hackers accessed personal data of 29 million users in a breach at the world's leading social network disclosed late last month. Read more »

Google launch event overshadowed by privacy firestorm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 02:58 AM

Google was supposed to be focusing Tuesday on its launch of a new smartphone and other devices, but the event was being overshadowed by a firestorm over a privacy glitch that forced it to shut down its struggling social network. Read more »

Google+ social site shutting down after user data exposed

Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 02:31 AM

Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users may have been exposed to external developers by a bug that was present for more than two years in its systems. Read more »

Tim Cook says Apple guards data privacy in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 04:10 PM

China is known for tight internet controls, prompting worries about the privacy of data stored there by Apple. Read more »

Facebook says hackers did not access other sites with its login

Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 06:34 AM

NEW YORK - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that investigators have determined that hackers did not access other sites that use the social networking site's single sign-on in a massive cyber attack that the company disclosed last week. Read more »

How many Pinoys hit by Facebook breach? Privacy body awaits word

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 06:48 PM

The National Privacy Commission said Tuesday that it was awaiting word from Facebook on how many Filipinos were affected when the social media giant was breached by hackers last week.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Paano mapoprotektahan ang Facebook account?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:13 PM

May payo ang National Privacy Commission at isang cybersecurity expert para mapaigting ang seguridad ng mga online account, lalo na sa social media site na Facebook. Read more »

Privacy watchdog probes Facebook security breach

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 05:58 PM

The National Privacy Commission said Sunday it has begun probing the security breach reported by Facebook, which logged out millions of users last Friday.  Read more »

Pinoys urged to use tougher authentication after Facebook data breach

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 05:44 PM

The National Privacy Commission urged Filipino Facebook users to use multi-factor authentication to protect their accounts from further data breach. Read more »

Nasa 50 milyong Facebook accounts, apektado ng 'pananamantala' ng hackers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 08:00 PM

Inanunsiyo ng Facebook nitong Biyernes na aabot sa 50 milyong Facebook accounts ang apektado ng umano’y security flaw na pinagsamantalahan ng mga hacker.   Read more »

Facebook: Security flaw affected almost 50 million accounts

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 29 03:31 AM

(3rd UPDATE) Facebook announced Friday that up to 50 million accounts were breached in a security flaw exploited by hackers. Read more »

Facebook admits phone numbers may be used to target ads

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 06:31 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security. Read more »

Uber pays $148 million over data breach in latest image-boosting move

Julie Charpentrat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 09:15 AM

The settlement stems from a breach affecting some 57 million Uber riders and drivers, prompting litigation that was eventually joined by officials from the 50 US states and the District of Columbia. Read more »

Google defends Gmail data sharing, gives few details on violations

David Shepardson and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Sep 21 05:42 PM

How user data flows between big technology platforms such as Google and Facebook Inc and their partners has faced scrutiny around the world this year since Facebook revealed it had done little to monitor such relationships. Read more »

Google defends Gmail data sharing

Reuters
Posted at Sep 21 04:25 AM

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - Alphabet Inc's Google gave details about its policies for third-party Gmail add-ons but stopped short of fully addressing questions from U.S. senators about developers who break its email-scanning rules. Read more »

Google fights French 'right to be forgotten' in EU court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 10:58 PM

Google clashed with France in a top EU court on Tuesday arguing it feared for freedom of speech if forced to apply Europe's "right to be forgotten" principle worldwide. Read more »

Apple to provide online tool for police to request data -letter

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 09:03 AM

Apple Inc plans to create an online tool for police to formally request data about its users and to assemble a team to train police about what data can and cannot be obtained from the iPhone maker, according to a company letter seen by Reuters. Read more »

Facebook, Twitter face US Congress over foreign bids to tilt politics

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Sep 05 10:33 PM

Top executives from Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc will defend their companies in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday over what lawmakers see as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics. Read more »