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JCrush’s Open Database Exposes 200K User Records

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The app, designed for the Jewish community, left the database open without a password, exposing user data and private messages, said security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, according to reports. The exposed database contained private messages as well, which were often explicit and graphic.

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Breach Exposes Millions Of Chinese Chat Logs

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Victor Gevers of cybersecurity organization GDI Foundation revealed that he discovered a database of 364 million records that included social media profiles and chat logs linked to names and identity card numbers. The database could be accessed online by anyone who searched for its IP address, and exposed photographs, addresses and locations.

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UK?s National Health Service Gave Tech Giants Access To Millions of Britons? Health Records

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The data sharing contract was published by London-based openDemocracy , which calls itself an independent political group, and Foxglove, a London law firm. Palantir did not respond to requests for comment from Bloomberg and CNBC. Also published with the document are 23 pages of similar contracts with Google, Microsoft Corp.

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Amazon And Google Face New European Problems

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based search and advertising services provider violated “competition laws with its mobile software sales,” according to a report Thursday (Sept. Further details were not immediately available, and Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. based international law firm that serves technology firms.