MWC organizers fined over GDPR biometric security concerns

The GSMA, the organizers behind Barcelona’s annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), have been fined €200,000 for not carrying out a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) Per TechCrunch, the decision (PDF) delivered in Spanish by the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)  found that the GSMA fell short when failing to account for biometric data … Read more

New Oppenheimer trailer gives first extended look at Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic

The Oppenheimer movie has got a new trailer, showing off Christopher Nolan’s upcoming WWII epic and nuclear bomb biopic with aplomb. The three-minute trailer gives a good overview of the film’s premise, which charts the creation of a specialist military facility where the USA’s sharpest minds will gather to help develop an atomic bomb – … Read more

Verified Facebook accounts are being hacked to spread malware – here’s how you can stay safe

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Hackers have been detected breaking into popular verified Facebook pages and using them to run ads on the social media behemoth distributing malware.  Social consultant Matt Navarra first spotted the malicious campaign, outlining the danger on Twitter.  Navarra noted whoever is behind the campaign first targeted popular Facebook pages (one of the victims has more … Read more