DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Plenty of Americans are discovering the AI search powers of DeepSeek, … Read more

Personal data of over 3,300 individuals leaked after IT ‘technical issue’ at regulator for property agents

Personal data of over 3,300 individuals leaked after IT ‘technical issue’ at regulator for property agents

SINGAPORE: A “technical issue” with the IT system used by the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) has resulted in the data leak of personal data belonging to more than 3,300 individuals. A spokesperson for the industry regulator told CNA on Sunday (Jan 26) the technical issue with its IT system was discovered at about 11.21am on Jan … Read more

What counts as sovereign in the cloud? – POLITICO

What counts as sovereign in the cloud? – POLITICO

Yet that doesn’t mean only European providers can offer sovereign cloud solutions. American providers might also be able to protect customer data from United States government access through technical measures such as client-side encryption, encryption with third-party key management or confidential computing. If securely implemented, the American provider can then only disclose data in its … Read more

Tencent teams with smartphone maker Honor on AI while Apple searches for a partner

Tencent teams with smartphone maker Honor on AI while Apple searches for a partner

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings announced on Friday a new strategic partnership with smartphone maker Honor for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI), giving a boost to a domestic rival to Apple, which has yet to settle on a partner to launch AI on iPhones in the country. Shenzhen-based Tencent said in a post on … Read more

HDFC Life Insurance Data Breach: 1.6 Crore Customers’ Information Leaked On Dark Web

HDFC Life Insurance Data Breach: 1.6 Crore Customers’ Information Leaked On Dark Web

Last Updated:December 05, 2024, 19:44 IST CyberPeace’s investigation reveals that the stolen data is being sold in bulk, with records available in batches starting from 1,00,000 entries. HDFC Life Insurance confirmed the data breach. If you’re a policyholder with HDFC Life Insurance, it’s crucial to stay vigilant. A massive data breach has come to light, … Read more

Vatican and Israel implicated in Italian hacking scandal, leaked files reveal – POLITICO

Vatican and Israel implicated in Italian hacking scandal, leaked files reveal – POLITICO

Other countries are likely to be pulled into the Italian investigation. Calamucci, who previously boasted of penetrating the Pentagon with the Anonymous hacktivist collective, frequently referenced dozens of hackers working for him in Colchester, England. The firm also made use of servers in the United States and Lithuania, where they felt they were less vulnerable, according … Read more

Hacked info from state security databases sold to rich clients: Milan prosecutors – POLITICO

Hacked info from state security databases sold to rich clients: Milan prosecutors – POLITICO

The confidential data, which was allegedly sold to clients or used to blackmail businessmen and politicians, including former Milan Mayor Letizia Moratti, went back to at least 2019 and continued up to March 2024, a court document seen by Reuters showed. The Milan prosecutors allege the business intelligence agency tapped into three key databases: one … Read more

Why China’s testing its autonomous car technology in the U.S.

Why China’s testing its autonomous car technology in the U.S.

Chinese companies are aggressively developing autonomous vehicles. In August, China announced that it had issued 16,000 test licenses for driverless cars and opened up about 20,000 miles of roads nationwide for autonomous vehicle testing. But Chinese autonomous vehicle companies have also quietly been testing their technology on U.S. streets. Baidu, Didi, WeRide, Pony.ai and AutoX … Read more

What internet data brokers have on you, and how you can get it back

What internet data brokers have on you, and how you can get it back

D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Data brokers have long operated in the shadows of the internet, quietly amassing unprecedented amounts of personal information on billions of people across the globe, but few realize just how deep this data collection really goes. In an age where every move you make online — every click, every … Read more

Govt assures protecting data privacy with satellite-based tolling on highways

Govt assures protecting data privacy with satellite-based tolling on highways

NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over likely violation of data privacy due to real time tracking of vehicles fitted with device for satellite-based tolling (GNSS) on NHs, top govt officials said that the architecture is such it will ensure that the devices will capture vehicle signatures only when they enter designated stretches. This will automatically stop … Read more