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Microsoft illegally collected and retained children’s data, says FTC

June 7, 2023 admin children, COPPA, fine, FTC, games console, Gaming, microsoft, personal, privacy, settlement, video games, xbox

Categories: Personal

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Microsoft is counting the cost of privacy violations, with $20m in fines related to illegal data collection from children’s Xbox accounts.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 exploit allows cheaters to tamper with your data

January 25, 2023 admin corruption, data, exploit, Game, Gaming, grand theft auto 5, gtav, news, profile, rockstar

Categories: News

Tags: GTAV

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We take a look at reports of players having their GTAV data corrupted by exploiters.

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Epic Games introduces safer accounts for kids

December 9, 2022 admin Account, articles, child safety, children, consent, Epic Games, Gaming, kids, privacy, Safety, Security, video games

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The people behind Fortnite and Rocket League are trying to make online gaming safer for kids with Cabined Accounts.

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New streaming ad technology plays hide-and-seek with gamers

October 27, 2022 admin advert, advertising, Amazon, gamer, Gaming, in-game, news, prime, streaming, Twitch

Categories: News

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We take a look at new form of ad tech for Twitch streaming viewers, but not players. How does it work? Can it even be successful?

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Lock down your Neopets account: Data breach being investigated

July 25, 2022 admin breach, cybercrime, data, Gaming, neopets, user data, website

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:31:13 +0000

We take a look at claims that virtual pet favourite, Neopets, has had its user database breached, and what you can do about it.

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Scammers used phishing QR codes to hijack QQ accounts | Kaspersky official blog

July 1, 2022 admin games, Gaming, phishing, QR Codes, Threats

Credit to Author: Anastasia Starikova| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:19:12 +0000

How scammers hijacked QQ accounts in a phishing QR-code attack.

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Call of Duty cheats can expect embarrassment with new anti-cheat feature

April 28, 2022 admin anti-cheat, Call of Duty, cloaking, damage shield, Gaming, hack, hackers, Malwarebytes news

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:43:07 +0000

Call of Duty cheats can expect a whole new world of embarrassment as a new anti-cheating feature called Cloaking is introduced.

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Roblox Beamers steal items from kids

February 16, 2022 admin compromise, discord, gamers, Gaming, phish, phishing, privacy, roblox, Robux, SIM swap, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:51:24 +0000

We take a look at a story regarding so-called “Beamers”, who use a number of techniques to compromise and then sell Roblox items.

Categories: Privacy

Tags: compromise discord gamers gaming phish phishing roblox Robux SIM swap video games

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