Surveillance, Breaches, and Gaps in the Law It has become clear that privacy risks are not isolated incidents. They are part of a larger pattern. Major organizations continue to experience large scale data breaches. Brightspeed recently suffered a breach affecting around one million customers. Brightspeed opened an internal cybersecurity investigation in early January this year, after Crimson…

SIM swap attacks are skyrocketing. A SIM Swap attack is when cybercriminals hijack mobile numbers by convincing carriers to transfer a victim’s phone number to a SIM card they control. Once successful, attackers intercept text-based authentication codes, unlocking access to cryptocurrency wallets, banking apps, and social media accounts.

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