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The latest Apple MacBooks feature a new T2 security chip that physically disconnects the laptop’s built-in microphone whenever the lid has been closed.
In an event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, the company announced the new security feature to add an extra layer of privacy for all new MacBook users which will prevent hackers and malicious applications from being able to eavesdrop on...

Dixons Carphone said today that it had suffered a massive data breach involving 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. The hack attempt which began July 2017 is still under investigation by Dixons Carphone they said.
The news comes months after the Information Commissioner’s Office handed “Carphone Warehouse” a massive fine of £400,000 after serious failures placed customer and employee data at risk. After one of their computer systems was compromised as a result...

Ghostery, UK councils, and vitamin sellers all falling foul of GDPR, by sending list of e-mail contacts in CC rather than BCC.
Ghostery have published a summary on their website which reads:
Ghostery sent out an email on May 25, 2018 that unintentionally resulted in the exposure of some account holders’ email addresses....

The FBI has seized a domain linked to what’s believed to be a Russian botnet composed of around 500,000 infected routers around the world. According to the Department of Justice, the botnet is under the control of Russian hacking group “fancy bear” or...