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Cambridge Analytica to cease all operations

London: Cambridge Analytica, the data firm at the center of a massive data breach scandal, on Wednesday said that it has filed applications to commence the proceedings and is “immediately ceasing all operations” in Britain. Parallel bankruptcy proceedings will also begin soon on behalf of Cambridge Analytica in the US Bankruptcy Court, Xinhua reported. Cambridge […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Indian-origin researcher finds 419mn Facebook users' exposed data

San Francisco: Sanyam Jain, a security researcher and member at Hague-based non-profit organisation GDI Foundation, has discovered a massive database containing over 419 million phone numbers of Facebook users on an unsecured server which were available for anyone to access. The database included 133 million records of US-based Facebook users, 18 million records of UK […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Data Harvesting: CBI Books Cambridge Analytica, Another UK Firm

New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research Limited in a case of alleged “illegal harvest” of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official told IANS: “The agency registered the case on January 19 against Cambridge Analytica represented by […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
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