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‘Twitter hack’ criminals targeted home working employees on a VPN connection

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The ‘Twitter hack’ in July, that let criminals access famous accounts, was caused after home working employees were tricked into handing over their login details.   Verified accounts belonging to users such as Elon Musk, Apple and Joe Biden were used to share scam posts promoting the virtual currency Bitcoin during the hack. Home working Twitter … Read more

VPN and ad-blocking apps are allegedly harvesting user data

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An analytics firm that owns at least 20 apps on the App Store and Google Play Store has been harvesting millions of people’s data, according to media reports. San Francisco-based analytics firm Sensor Tower has been taking personally identifiable information from users of VPNs and ad-blocking apps that the company owns, reports BuzzFeed. These apps … Read more