30 Jan 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 1/30/2024

DHS employees jailed for stealing data of 200K U.S. govt workers  Three former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees were sentenced to prison for stealing proprietary U.S. government software and databases containing the personal data of 200,000 federal employees. The three individuals are Charles K. Edwards, a former Acting Inspector General of the DHS Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG), sentenced to 1.5 years in prison; Sonal Patel, a member of the department IT staff, sentenced…
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03 Apr 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 04/03/2023

Italian regulators order ChatGPT ban over alleged violation of data privacy laws  Italy’s national privacy regulator has ordered an effective ban of AI chatbot ChatGPT, accusing creators OpenAI of “unlawful collection of personal data.” It’s ordered OpenAI to stop collecting Italian users’ data immediately until it amends its data collection practices. The country’s Data Protection Authority, the GPDP, issued a press release this morning saying that the company lacks lawful justification for the collection of users’ personal information. The GPDP says that OpenAI also has no mechanism in place…
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27 Jun 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 06/27/2022

Japanese man loses USB stick with entire city's personal details For many, after-work drinks are a common way of relaxing after a busy week. But one worker in Japan could be nursing a protracted hangover after he lost a USB memory stick following a night out with colleagues. Why? It contained the personal details of nearly half a million people. The unnamed man placed the memory stick in his bag before an evening of drinking…
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