- Hackers claim to have accessed more than 70 gigabytes of data belonging to platform Gab, including passwords and private communications, in an attempt to expose its users, Wired reports.
- The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, reported a 30% increase in the number of hacks targeting personal data in 2020, NL Times reports.
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