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Personal information of voters of infamous referendum held in Russia this summer is for sale

https://vim.cx/?abb5c791f08e78ae#4NMMEHMrzfCrpz7FUUGbu8A1PyvFA4x9BrzqQfjHxwaY

(Blog: https://write.as/thenewoil/privacy-and-voting)

Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/08/robocall-legal-advocate-leaks-customer-data/

Hackers hit university online exam tool

https://www.smh.com.au/national/hackers-hit-university-online-exam-tool-20200806-p55j6h.html

Cluster of 295 Chrome extensions caught hijacking Google and Bing search results

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cluster-of-295-chrome-extensions-caught-hijacking-google-and-bing-search-results/

Canon confirms ransomware attack in internal memo

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canon-confirms-ransomware-attack-in-internal-memo/

Capital One to Pay $80 Million Fine After Data Breach

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/08/06/business/06reuters-usa-banks-capital-one-fin.html

Argentina health officials expose personal data on 115,000 COVID-19 quarantine exemption applicants

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/argentina-covid-permit-data-leak/

Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-leaks-passwords-for-900-enterprise-vpn-servers/

Honda recalls 608,000 vehicles for faulty software

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21354314/honda-recall-software-odyssey-pilot-passport-backup-camera-reboot

New Jersey prosecutors drop charges over tweeting a cop’s photo

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/five-charged-with-felonies-for-tweeting-or-retweeting-a-cops-photo/

Chicago to use social media to track tourists violating quarantine; city dismisses comparison to 'Big Brother'

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/chicago-social-media-monitor-travel-order-violators

Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers

https://www.wired.com/story/voting-machine-makers-hackers-ess/

BlackBerry Phone Cracked

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/blackberry_phon.html

A mysterious group has hijacked Tor exit nodes to perform SSL stripping attacks

https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-mysterious-group-has-hijacked-tor-exit-nodes-to-perform-ssl-stripping-attacks/

Many receiving settlement notices for Google+ class-action lawsuit

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i5h86a/dont_take_the_512_from_the_google_i_submitted_an/

https://9to5google.com/2020/08/04/many-receiving-settlement-notices-for-google-class-action-lawsuit/

Don't take the $5-$12 from the Google. I submitted an Objection instead.

How the Twitter hacker was found through Bitcoin and forums traces

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/i598wa/how_the_twitter_hacker_was_found_through_bitcoin/

A Private Equity Firm Bought Ancestry, and Its Trove of DNA, for $4.7B

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/08/07/1955218/a-private-equity-firm-bought-ancestry-and-its-trove-of-dna-for-47b

'I don't care': young TikTokers unfazed by US furor over data collection

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/05/tiktok-gen-z-millennials-data-privacy-trump-china

Android’s ‘Nearby Share’ file sharing feature is finally launching

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/4/21353020/android-nearby-share-file-sharing-feature-launch-airdrop

Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-iot-botnets-manipulate-energy-markets/

Tor Snowflake turns your browser into a proxy for users in censored countries

https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-snowflake-turns-your-browser-into-a-proxy-for-users-in-censored-countries/

Israeli Hackers Develop Tech to Combat Domestic Violence

https://www.wired.com/story/israeli-hackathon-domestic-violence/

FBI issues warning over Windows 7 end-of-life

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-issues-warning-over-windows-7-end-of-life/

How the NSA Says You Can Limit Location Data Exposure

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gxv3/nsa-location-data-privacy

Ubuntu Linux 20.04's first point release arrives

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-20-04s-first-point-release-arrives/