Researchers who discovered a massive flaw in the main databases stored in Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform have urged all users to change their digital access keys, not just the 3 300 it notified this week.
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Microsoft has warned thousands of its cloud computing customers, including some of the world’s largest companies, that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases.
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More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world published an open letter on Thursday urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning for objectionable material on users’ iPhones.
Apple has warned retail and online sales staff to be ready to field questions from consumers about the company’s upcoming features for limiting the spread of child abuse images.
A backlash over Apple’s move to scan customer phones and computers for child abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for its secretive culture.
Apple will roll out a system for checking photos for child abuse imagery on a country-by-country basis, depending on local laws, the company said.
Apple said its system has an error rate of “less than one in a trillion” per year and that it protects user privacy.
Zoom has agreed to pay $85-million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn.
The Western Cape Blood Service was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday morning, forcing the non-profit to resort to manual, offline processing while it restores its systems from backup.