— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News DUBLIN (Reuters) – Google’s main regulator in the European Union, Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, opened its first investigation into the U.S. internet giant on Wednesday over how it handles personal data for the purpose of advertising. The probe was the result of…
NEW DELHI — Facebook’s announcement this week that it has taken down hundreds of pages linked to India’s main opposition Congress party and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party turned the spoltight on the blitz of disinformation being used to influence nearly 900 million voters as social media becomes the primary battleground in the world’s largest…
Personal information of some 3.1 million Toyota customers may have been leaked outside the company, the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced on Friday. The announcement comes a few weeks after Toyota Australia said they have been “the victim of an attempted cyber attack”. New breaches The attackers targeted TMC sales subsidiaries (Toyota Tokyo Sales Holdings,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Three large chemical manufacturing companies based in Norway and the US have fallen victim to ransomware attacks, after a program called LockerGoga gained access to systems, encrypted files and disrupted operations. On 19 March the global aluminium producer Norsk Hydro was…
