Sentences with phrase «gaining access to the data»

It's an increasingly common form of extortion: hackers gain access to your data, encrypt it, and demand ransom for the key.

The data breaches, which involved hackers gaining access to data for hundreds of millions of Yahoo users, took place in 2013 and 2014.

But for a long time, even with Android updates, the earlier versions could continue to gain access to the data.

The company is facing questions from lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic about how it handles personal user data after a pair of weekend reports by The Observer newspaper in the U.K. and The New York Times alleged research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

Rather, it was an unethical action by a researcher, who gained access to the data legitimately but violated the terms of access by transferring it to third parties, as well as by Cambridge, which allegedly lied when, in 2015, it told Facebook it had deleted all copies of the data.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg remained calm under pressure during five hours of questioning by U.S. senators about a series of recent crises culminating with the latest involving Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that gained access to data about up to 87 million Facebook users.

The laws, which take effect on May 25, require companies to explain how they plan to use people's personal information in simple, unambiguous language and detail what other entities will gain access to that data.

You will not interfere with or attempt to interrupt the proper operation of the Website or the Platform through the use of any virus, device, information collection or transmission mechanism, software or routine, or access or attempt to gain access to any data, files, or passwords through hacking, password or data

As we understand it now, the data mining and analytics company, based out of London, gained access to data on as many as 50 million Facebook profiles thanks to generous data - sharing policies Facebook app developers enjoyed back in 2014.

Facebook says a researcher, Cambridge University's Aleksandr Kogan, gained access to the data of 270,000 Facebook users in 2013 through a personality quiz app that required Facebook users to grant access to their personal information including friends and «likes.»

The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

We saw businesses pay cybercriminals $ 8 billion worldwide to gain access to their data after being locked out by ransomware.

There's also the fact that third - party apps can gain access to this data and, as we've learned, sell it.

In the case of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook says a researcher from Cambridge University, Aleksandr Kogan, used a personality quiz app in 2014 to gain access to the data of 270,000 Facebook users, including their friends and «likes.»

Facebook fixed years ago the original loophole in its developer program that allowed Cambridge Analytica to gain access to this data.

The hearing officer also notes that MANA has withheld its data from the public, put insurmountable barriers in the way of researchers attempting to gain access to the data, and has insisted that the data could be used only in ways in which MANA approves.

The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.

Facebook has come under fire after reports that conservative research firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to data from 50 million Facebook profiles before the 2016 presidential election.

Conservative research firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly gained access to data from 50 million Facebook profiles before the 2016 presidential election.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is gaining access to data that will help his office better track fraud and abuse.

The demands came in response to news reports Saturday about how the firm, Cambridge Analytica, used a feature once available to Facebook app developers to collect information on 270,000 people and, in the process, gain access to data on tens of millions of their Facebook «friends» — few, if any, of whom had given explicit permission for this sharing.

But Mr. Collins, who is chairman of the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee, said he was concerned that Facebook might gain access to data before the information commissioner did.

But some exploit this to gain access to data they shouldn't be able to touch.

The research group gained access to data from the NOWAC study (https://site.uit.no/nowac/) merged with data from the Cancer Registry of Norway.

The regulatory activities in TRANSVAC will address two goals: (i) to offer advice to scientists, and (ii) to stimulate business intelligence, thus identifying scientific areas that should be recommended for further development, ensuring that regulators can gain access to the data needed for them to make rational and science - based decisions.

Experts say the practice of gaining access to data stored in large computers — which involves the use of a microcomputer, telephone lines, and attachments called «modems» that translate computer pulses into current that can travel through telephone lines to other computers — has resulted in as much as $ 1 billion in damage annually and serious breaches of privacy.

Furthermore, the challenge of gaining access to data is rapidly disappearing with the emergence of Tin Can / xAPI http://experienceapi.com/ — the next de facto industry standard that makes data from all of these learning tools available in an easy - to - consume, interoperable format.

The council, a bipartisan research and advocacy group, spent eight years developing the methodology, fighting in court to gain access to data and analyzing the information before issuing the report.

In order for any DOT / FAA line of business or staff office to get information from FSTNA it must complete a MOU outlining the business case for gaining access to the data.

Affecting handsets running BlackBerry Device Software version 6.0 or higher, the exploit could allow an attacker to gain access to data stored on the media card or in the media storage area built into BlackBerry devices.

Now, the company has blocked these apps from gaining access to the data and that means the way you play your favorite game has changed.

According to sources at the University of Victoria, two people claiming to be network computer technicians presented themselves at the headquarters of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis and tried to gain access to the data servers.

They routinely ignore the rules, and resist attempts by outside experts to gain access to data and studies.

Hackers gain access to data through...

Server side ActiveSync polices should be configured to enforce the use of a non-trivial password on the iPhone, preventing thieves from gaining access to any data should the device end up stolen.

This process has required this software to gain access to the data through restoration of the content, typically by 3rd party specialists.

Hackers gain access to data through a company's server or emails and either threaten to disclose it - known as data ransoming - or make it inaccessible with ransomware, a type of malware that can quickly infiltrate and...

PRISM access to Google search data means the US Government can gain access to this data, an especially discomforting notion given the virtual monopoly Google holds over web search.

(Reuters)- British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica late Monday following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users, according to a Channel 4 television report.

Thanks to Facebook Platform, the personality quiz is able to gain access to the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

The social network has said political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to data about up to 87 million of its users.

Jonathan Albright, a research director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, said that while he welcomed Zuckerberg's explanation of how Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data in question, he was disappointed that the CEO did not address why Facebook enabled so much third - party access to its users» personal information for so many years.

Authorities will likely want to know how much information Facebook provides to outside app developers and what role, if any, the social network has in enabling unauthorized third parties to gain access to that data, experts say.

The move came as US and European lawmakers demanded an explanation of how the consulting firm, which worked on President Donald Trump's election campaign, gained access to the data.

British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica late Monday following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users, according to a Channel 4 television report.

Any developers building apps for HomeKit have to use the same safety guidelines as the device makers themselves — this means they need clear, overt privacy policies and must follow Apple's guidelines to gain access to data about your home.

Zuckerberg says the data company was able to do so with the help of Aleksandr Kogan, a Cambridge University researcher who created a personality quiz app in 2013 to furtively gain access to the data of tens of millions of users and their friends.

Absolutely no one has broken into Face ID's secure enclave or gained access to its data.

The explosive Observer investigation at the weekend into Cambridge Analytica and how it is alleged to have improperly gained access to data on 50m Facebook users shocked the world.

The uTorrent Web client is the most severely affected by this security flaw, with attackers able to change the default download directory of the client (to the / Startup folder, for example), write files to said directory, and gain access to data including settings, crashdumps, and logs.