InfoSec News Nuggets 06/22/2021

Facial Recognition Failures Are Locking People Out of Unemployment Systems People around the country are furious after being denied their unemployment benefits due to apparent problems with facial recognition technology that claims to prevent fraud. Unemployment recipients have been complaining for months about the identity verification service ID.me, which uses a combination of biometric information and official documents to confirm that applicants are who they claim to be. The complaints reached another crescendo this week after Axios published a “deep dive” article about…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 08/19/2020

Carnival Cruises into Danger After Ransomware Attack British-American cruise operator Carnival has suffered a ransomware attack in which guest and employee data was accessed, it has revealed in a regulatory filing. The Miami-headquartered travel giant — which operates big-name brands including Cunard, P&O, AIDA and Princess — said the attack was discovered on August 15. Attackers managed to encrypt “a portion” of the IT systems one of its brands, although Carnival refused to elaborate on…
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