Authorities in India Work with Microsoft to Raid Fake Tech-Support Centers

Law enforcement authorities, working with Microsoft, have now traced many of the fake tech-support centers to New Delhi, India’s capital and a hub of the global call-center industry. Police from two Delhi suburbs raided 16 fake tech-support centers and arrested about three dozen people. Last month, the Delhi authorities arrested 24 people in similar raids on 10 call centers.

Dell Resets All Passwords After Discovering Hackers Trying to Steal Data

Dell Inc. said that it reset passwords for all accounts on its Dell.com online electronics store on Nov. 14, five days after it discovered and stopped hackers who were attempting to steal customer data. The computer maker did not tell customers about the attack when it forced the password resets, according to a person familiar with the breach.

New Zealand Blocks Huawei from Supplying Mobile-Data Technology

New Zealand has blocked Huawei from supplying technology for a next-generation mobile data network in the country, joining the United States and other developed countries that see the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker as a security threat. New Zealand’s intelligence agency rejected a proposal from Spark, one of New Zealand’s biggest telecom carriers, to use Huawei gear in its planned fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile network.

Senators Want ZTE Sanctions Probe for Monitoring in Venezuela

Two U.S. senators will ask the Trump administration to investigate whether ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecommunications company, violated U.S. sanctions by helping Venezuela set up a database that monitors the behavior of its citizens. In a letter, Senators Chris Van Hollen and Marco Rubio will ask the U.S. secretaries of state, treasury and commerce to determine whether ZTE worked with individuals cited by U.S. sanctions, used U.S. components unlawfully or helped Venezuela’s government flout democratic processes or human rights.

Facebook, Twitter Take Action Against Babysitter-Rating System

Facebook and Twitter are taking action against an automated babysitter-rating system reported on by The Washington Post, saying the service broke the social networks' rules on user surveillance and data privacy. Predictim, a California-based start-up, analyzes babysitters' online histories, including on Facebook and Twitter, and offers ratings of whether they are at risk of drug abuse, bullying or having a “bad attitude.”

Google CEO Expected to Testify in Congress on Political Bias

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is set to testify to Congress in December, facing off against lawmakers for the first time at a hearing that could subject the search giant to the same harsh political spotlight that has faced its tech peers all year. The scheduled Dec. 5 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, confirmed by three sources familiar with the plan but not authorized to speak on record, comes in response to some Republicans who claim that Google is biased against conservatives.

Facebook Knew of Russian Links in 2014, British Lawmaker Says

Facebook Inc. knew that Russian-linked entities were using a feature on the social network that let advertisers harvest large amounts of data as early as October 2014, according to an internal email a U.K. lawmaker said he had reviewed. Previously, Facebook has said it was unaware of this sort of Russian activity on the social network until after the 2016 election.

In Open Letter, Google Employees Seek End to Censored Chinese Search Engine

More than 200 employees comprising engineers, designers and managers at Alphabet Inc.’s Google published an open letter, demanding that the company end development of a censored search engine for Chinese users, escalating earlier protests against the secretive project. Google has described the search app, known as Project Dragonfly, as an experiment not close to launching.

Hacker Injects Malicious Code Into Popular JavaScript Library

A hacker has gained (legitimate) access to a popular JavaScript library and has injected malicious code that steals Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash funds stored inside BitPay's Copay wallet apps. The presence of this malicious code was identified last week, but only now have researchers been able to understand what the heavily obfuscated malicious code actually does.

Uber Fined $1.17 Million by British, Dutch Officials for 2016 Data Breach

Uber was fined a combined $1.17 million by British and Dutch authorities for a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal details of millions of customers. The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a £385,000 fine ($491,284) against the ride-sharing company for "failing to protect customers' personal information during a cyber attack" in October and November of 2016. The

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Class-Action Apple App Store Suit

U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared open to letting a lawsuit proceed against Apple Inc. that accused it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and causing consumers to overpay. The nine justices heard an hour of arguments in an appeal by the Cupertino, California-based technology company of a lower court’s decision to revive the proposed class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in California in 2011 by a group of iPhone users seeking monetary damages.

British Parliament Seizes Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Documents

Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the U.S. social media giant to account after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs’ questions. The cache of documents is alleged to contain significant revelations about Facebook decisions on data and privacy controls that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Amazon Blames 'Technical Error' for Disclosing Names, Email Addresses

Amazon.com informed some customers that their names and email addresses had been “inadvertently disclosed” as a result of a “technical error,” but declined to provide more details about the security incident. The e-commerce giant confirmed it sent the messages, adding in a subsequent statement it had “fixed the issue.”

LinkedIn Accused of Processing EU Email Address with Permission

Social media network LinkedIn processed the email addresses of 18 million non-members and targeted them with advertising on Facebook without permission, an audit by the Data Protection Commissioner has found. The Data Protection Commissioner conducted an audit of the multinational LinkedIn Ireland, home to the company’s EU headquarters, after it became concerned with “systemic” issues in relation to how the company was processing the personal data of people who were not members of the network.

Zuckerberg Declines to Appear Before Lawmakers from Seven Countries

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has declined to testify at a rare joint hearing with lawmakers from seven countries, representing more than 368 million people, according to a letter which was sent by the company to those officials and was obtained by The Washington Post. Instead, Facebook will dispatch Richard Allan, the company’s vice president of policy solutions, to answer questions at a Tuesday hearing featuring top policymakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Latvia, Singapore and the United Kingdom, representatives from the U.K. said.

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