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The offshore assets of 35 current and former world leaders have been exposed in an unprecedented leak of financial records dubbed the Pandora Papers.  The cache of 11.9 million confidential files was leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington, DC. Containing 2.94 terabytes of data, the Papers represent the largest trove of leaked offshore data in history. According to the ICIJ, the papers offer “a sweeping look at an industry that helps the world’s…

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15th to October 15th, by celebrating the contributions and importance of Hispanics and Latinos to the United States. The 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month theme invites us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and to reflect on how great our tomorrow can be if we hold onto our resilience and hope. This year’s theme also encourages us to reflect on the contributions Hispanics have made in the past…

A law firm in the United Kingdom is suing Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary DeepMind Technologies over an alleged breach of data protection laws.  Mishcon de Reya is bringing a representative suit against DeepMind pertaining to the company’s data-sharing deal with the Royal Free London National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. A five-year partnership between the Trust and DeepMind was announced in 2015 to “build on the successful year-long joint project to build a smartphone app called Streams, which alerts clinical teams as…

A former Facebook employee is to appear before a US Senate subcommittee tomorrow after blowing the whistle on the company’s alleged prioritization of profit above user welfare.  Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, revealed yesterday that it was she who leaked internal research carried out by Facebook to the Wall Street Journal. This research formed the basis of an investigative series named The Facebook Files, which the Journal has been reporting for the past three weeks. Among the…

Threat actors stole funds from the accounts of more than 6,000 users of the crypto exchange Coinbase exploiting a flaw to bypass 2FA authentication. Threat actors have exploited a vulnerability in the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) system implemented by the crypto exchange Coinbase to steal funds from more than 6,000 users. According to a data breach notification letter filed with US state attorney general offices, the attackers with the knowledge of their username and password…