Alcasec, “Robin Hood of Spanish Hackers,” Jailed for 31 Months Over Data Theft

Alcasec, the "Robin Hood of Spanish Hackers," is jailed for 31 months after admitting to stealing and selling Spanish citizens' banking data...

82 Chrome Extensions Found Selling User Data, 6.5 Million Users Affected

LayerX research finds 82 Chrome extensions collecting and selling user data, affecting at least 6.5 million users through disclosed but concerning practices...

Startup takes personal data stolen by malware and sells it on to other companies

A tech startup is using personal data stolen by infostealer malware that it has found on the dark web, and then selling access to that data. And it claims to be working within the law. According to 404 Media, for as little as $50, Farnsworth Intelligence will give companies a look at records from...

Hacker Claims WooCommerce Data Breach, Selling 4m User Records

Article updated with a statement from Automattic, the parent company of WooCommerce...

Data brokers admit they’re selling information on precise location, kids, and reproductive healthcare

Information newly made available under California law has shed light on data broker practices, including exactly what categories of information they trade in. Any business that meets the definition of data broker must register with the California Privacy Protection Agency CPPA annually. The CPPA...

Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data

Cellular location phone data may be banned from sale in the state of Massachusetts, under a proposed law set to ruffle some data broker feathers. The selling of location data has long been a point of contention for privacy experts. As with so much bulk user data, claims of anonymity from the...

Software company accused of illegally profiling millions of mobile phone users

A digital rights and privacy organization has filed a complaint against software company TeleSign for gathering and selling information on millions of mobile phone users. The organization that filed the complaint is nyob. nyob is an Austrian based digital right organization that focusses on...

Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims

The Conti ransomware affiliate program appears to have altered its business plan recently. Organizations infected with Contis malware who refuse to negotiate a ransom payment are added to Contis victim shaming blog, where confidential files stolen from victims may be published or sold. But someti...

Facebook sues Ukrainian man for scraping and selling 178m users’ data

By Deeba Ahmed Facebook tracked down the programmer after he mistakenly used the same username and contact information on email and job portals. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook sues Ukrainian man for scraping and selling 178m users data...

How to Set Up a VPN on Kodi in 2 Minutes or Less

VPNs are useful for masking your identity when online. Without a VPN, you run the risk of having your data exposed to your Internet Service Provider ISP. This is something that you should think about since your ISP has access to all of your data, including the streaming data from your streaming...

Companies that Scrape Your Email

Motherboard has a long article on apps -- Edison, Slice, and Cleanfox -- that spy on your email by scraping your screen, and then sell that information to others: Some of the companies listed in the J.P. Morgan document sell data sourced from "personal inboxes," the document adds. A spokesperson...

On TikTok, Teens Meme Life360, the Safety App Ruining Their Summer

Parents can use Life360 to track their teen’s location in real time. The company can use that data to sell car insurance...

Stolen Yahoo Data Sold to Spammers, One Government Client

A database of one billion stolen Yahoo accounts has been sold to at least three different buyers for $300,000 each, and the group selling the data and behind the 2013 intrusion—the largest data breach on record—is a criminal operation, not a state-sponsored attack group as Yahoo claims. Andrew...

'Web Of Trust' Browser Add-On Caught Selling Users' Data — Uninstall It Now

Browser extensions have become a standard part of the most popular browsers and essential part of our lives for surfing the Internet. But not all extensions can be trusted. One such innocent looking browser add-on has been caught collecting browsing history of millions of users and selling them t...