Topic: personally identifiable information
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Trinity of Chaos Ransomware Unveils New Data Leak Site
Trinity of Chaos, a ransomware collective with ties to major cybercrime groups, has launched a TOR-based data leak site listing 39 international corporations, including Toyota, FedEx, and Disney, marking an escalation in their tactics. The group is publishing previously unreleased data from past ...
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Meta Blocks Users From Sharing ICE Agent Doxxing Sites
Meta has blocked links to the ICE List website across its platforms, citing violations of its policies on personally identifiable information, after the site had circulated freely for over six months. The site's creator argues the block aids ICE agent anonymity and suggests the policy is selectiv...
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ID Verification Laws Are Creating New Security Breaches
New ID verification laws are forcing businesses to collect sensitive personal data like government IDs, often without adequate security infrastructure, conflicting with the cybersecurity principle of minimal data collection. A Discord data breach exposed government ID images collected for age ver...
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Over 160,000 Firms Report GDPR Breaches to Regulators
GDPR data breach notifications in Europe reached a new high in 2025, with a daily average of 443, a 22% increase driven by geopolitical tensions and AI-powered cyber threats. Despite the surge in reported breaches, the total value of GDPR fines remained steady at €1.2 billion, with Ireland's regu...
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Trump Administration Denies Social Security Data Breach
The Trump administration denied a whistleblower's claim that the Social Security Administration improperly copied the sensitive NUMIDENT database to an unsecured cloud system, asserting it was stored on a secured server with continuous oversight. Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano confi...
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