Instagram Retained Deleted User Data Despite GDPR Rules
The photo-sharing app retained people’s photos and private direct messages on its servers even after users removed them.
Bug Bounty
U.S. Offers Reward of $10M for Info Leading to Discovery of Election Meddling
Government hopes to avoid interference in the upcoming November presidential vote with a hefty reward.
News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Under Fire and Global Privacy Finger Wags
Threatpost editors talk about the biggest security news stories for the week ended Jul. 24.
Apple’s Security Research Device program is now open to select researchers – but some are irked by the program’s vulnerability disclosure restrictions.
Verizon Media has paid nearly $10 million to ethical hackers via HackerOne’s platform.
A three-month Azure Sphere bug-bounty challenge will offer top rewards for compromising Pluton or Secure World within Microsoft’s IoT security suite.
A GitLab path traversal flaw could allow attackers to read arbitrary files and remotely execute code.
A Dutch researcher claimed Google’s very first annual Cloud Platform bug-bounty prize, for a clever container escape exploit.
CEO Mary T. Barra addressed the high stakes in rolling out self-driving cars and biometric-enhanced vehicles, where one cyber-event could derail plans for emerging automotive technologies.
