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Public consultation launched on proposed changes to PDPA – Channel NewsAsia


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Public consultation launched on proposed changes to PDPA
Channel NewsAsia
The PDPC is proposing – among others – that it be mandatory for organisations to notify customers of certain instances of data breach to "give affected individuals the opportunity to take steps to protect themselves from the risks and impact of a data

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data breach – Google News

Consumer Reports to consider cyber security in product reviews – Channel NewsAsia


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Consumer Reports to consider cyber security in product reviews
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REUTERS: Consumer Reports, an influential U.S. non-profit group that conducts extensive reviews of cars, kitchen appliances and other goods, is gearing up to start considering cyber security and privacy safeguards when scoring products. The group

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South Korea says North Korea staged cyber attack on bank – Channel NewsAsia

Those distributed-denial-of-service attacks used viruses planted in “zombie” computers which sought simultaneous access to selected sites and swamped them with traffic. “The laptop computer of the IT security worker became in September 2010 a zombie PC …
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S. Korea accuses North over communications attack – Channel NewsAsia

A DDoS attack often uses viruses planted in “zombie” computers. These seek simultaneous access to selected sites and swamp them with traffic. Choi See-Joong, head of the Korea Communications Commission, told parliament late Tuesday that North Korea was …
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