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Data leakage from the Kremlin administration – what lies ahead for Russia after the elections?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/15/data-leakage-from.html

A look at Vana, which raised $20M to let users get paid to share their Reddit posts and other data to train AI models; Reddit banned Vana's subreddit (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/13/vana-plans-to-let…

Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI | TechCrunch
Vana wants to give Reddit users more control over their data -- including how it's monetized. It might be a long shot.

Apple users "don't know what is going on": New study shows that the default apps collect data even when supposedly disabled, and this is hard to switch off: https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/keeping-your-data-from-apple-is-harder-than-expected<…

Parents: Are Your Kids Backing up Their Data?
Children need a hand creating backups of their data, and parents can help.
https://theprivacydad.com/parents-are-your-kids-backing-up-their-data/
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Here is a new version of my data science introduction book draft --> https://florian-huber.github.io/data_science_course/book/cover.html
(All code is on GitHub:

A lot happened in the infosec world over the weekend, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most important developments you should know, including
--Europol expert platform breached, IntelBroker claims theft of classified data
-- Half of Christie's annual revenue jeopardized by 'technology security issue,'
--Former US Marine pilot wanted by US 'unknowingly' worked with Chinese hacker,
--Lazarus group stole massive amount from S. Korean court computer network,
--British Columbia cyberattack likely state-sponsored,
--Embargo group leaks 500GB of Firstmac data,
--Dell hacker claims he brute-forced portal to scrape data,
--Feds warn of Black Basta activity following Ascension hack,
--Hacker returns $68m in stolen crypto,
--Alleged Russian hacker attacks UK news sites,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/europol-expert-platform-breached-intelbroker-claims-theft-classified-data

96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta, Google, Data Brokers - Slashdot
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/12/2046230/96-of-us-hospital-websites-share-visitor-info-with-meta-google-data-…

96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta, Google, Data Brokers - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Hospitals -- despite being places where people implicitly expect to have their personal details kept private -- frequently use tracking technologies on their websites to share user information with Google, Meta, data brokers, and other third par...

Bethesda, Maryland-based HiLabs, whose AI-powered tools provide clean data for health care organizations, raised a $39M Series B led by Eight Roads and Denali (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiati…

Healthcare data platform HiLabs secures $39 million from Eight Roads, others
Established in 2014, HiLabs offers MCheck, a cloud-based platform designed specifically for healthcare organisations. MCheck tackles messy data by cleaning and organising it, ultimately leading to reduced operational costs and improved patient care.

96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta, Google, Data Brokers - Slashdot
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/04/12/2046230/96-of-us-hospital-websites-share-visitor-info-with-meta-google-data-…

96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta, Google, Data Brokers - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Hospitals -- despite being places where people implicitly expect to have their personal details kept private -- frequently use tracking technologies on their websites to share user information with Google, Meta, data brokers, and other third par...

An investigation into Onerep.com, which helps people remove their personal data from people-search sites, suggests its CEO founded dozens of people-search sites (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ce