Introduction In today’s data-driven world, protecting our personal information has never been more critical. No day passes without fear of privacy breaches and unauthorised surveillance confronting us as data theft takes place simultaneously. Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) enable data protection through a collection of tools that maintain personal data security without impacting its valid use. The …
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The security of personal information is a critical concern in today’s digital landscape, and recent breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) have highlighted vulnerabilities in government data protection. In October 2024, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne launched an investigation into the CRA following a disclosure that over 30,000 privacy breaches had occurred, some dating back …
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On the 7th of January 2025, PowerSchool notified the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), school boards, and many schools across Alberta about a massive student data privacy breach that occurred in late December 2024. According to CBE’s website, the breach involved the personal and demographic information of the CBE staff, students, and parents’ information [1]. …
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Introduction: At present, cybersecurity incidents are increasing day by day at an alarming rate. Attackers often find loopholes or weaknesses in the digital systems or infrastructure and exploit them for their personal gain, for damaging the reputation of organizations, and to exploit the privacy of users. Even the leading cybersecurity companies, like Palo Alto Networks, …
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In a shocking disclosure, WhatsApp revealed that it just discovered a sophisticated cyberattack aiming at about 100 people, including members of civil society and journalists spread across more than two dozen countries. Tracing the hack to Israeli monitoring company Paragon Solutions, privacy, press freedom, and human rights have once more been under question.[1] How the …
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Introduction We are delighted to introduce our group project: Beaver Multiplication Triples in Oblivious Transfer (OT). This project has been completed by A S M Nazimuddoullah and Fahim Uddin Very recently, the Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group pronounced substantially $32 billion per year being requisite [1] for AI safety research which pivots on privacy. A …
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Meanwhile, Meta has completely dropped its fact-checking program. The latest update regarding moderation policies and practices from the CEO Mark Zuckerberg dated January 07,2025, highlighted a new direction credited by the company to free speech[1]. Critics say the move by Zuckerberg to “get back to our roots around free expression” could open the door to …
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What Happened: It was reported on January 10th that the US Treasury department was victim of a hack that occurred a month earlier on December 8th. The US Treasury has since called it a ‘Major Incident’ and called in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI and other intelligence organizations for help in containing …
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