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The UK's data protection watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches - the maximum allowed. The Information Commissioner's Office said Facebook had failed to ensure another company - Cambridge Analytica - had deleted users' data. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

A hacker is selling sensitive military documents on online hacking forums, a security firm has discovered. Some of the sensitive documents put up for sale include maintenance course books for servicing MQ-9 Reaper drones, and various training manuals describing comment deployment tactics for improvised explosive device (IED), an M1 ABRAMS tank operation manual, a crewman training and survival manual, and a document detailing tank platoon tactics. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer

Jehovah's Witnesses must respect EU laws on the protection of personal data when they gather information in their door-to-door preaching activities, the European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday. Examining a case brought by the Finnish data protection authority, the judges ruled that the group was responsible for organising with the purpose of preaching, and therefore was "a controller" for the processing of data. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: EU Observer

Cyber criminals are sending text messages that appear to come from Argos in an attempt to fool customers of the retail giant into sharing their personal information, including their payment details. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Independent

Security researchers have warned that someone's obtained copies of code-signing certificates from two Taiwanese companies – and is using them to sign malware. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register

Lawsuit filed by Lexington Insurance and Beazley Insurance is in response to a Trustwave legal filing that called their claims meritless. It's been a decade since the massive Heartland Payment Systems data breach, but the legal fallout continues: Two insurers have filed a lawsuit demanding $30 million in restitution from the security vendor that certified the company as PCI DSS-compliant prior to the attack. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Dark Reading

Two men charged with engaging in illegal financial trading using insider information found in corporate press releases stolen by hackers were both found guilty last Friday in a Brooklyn federal courtroom. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine

A new bill to repeal and replace the 1993 Privacy Act of New Zealand is awaiting approval. If the changes are accepted, the bill would mandate that public and private sector agencies notify affected individuals and the Privacy Commissioner when they experience a data breach that poses a risk of harm. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Infosecurity Magazine

Cyber attacks should be treated like airline accidents or failures on the operating theatre, BAE Systems has said. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Telegraph

Lawyers have lodged a mass complaint to Australian privacy authorities on behalf of Facebook users caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Guardian