Twitter security lapse exposed advertisers’ billing information

Twitter says security lapse exposed some advertising partners’ billing information including partial credit card numbers The security lapse affected Twitter business partners Billing information was being stored in browser caches That data includes partial credit card numbers, emails, and more It’s unclear how many partners were affected by the lapse  By James Pero For Dailymail.com … Read more

Fugitive tycoon says China bribes Vatican with £1.6n every year

An exiled billionaire has accused the Chinese government of giving the Vatican £1.6billion every year in bribes to prevent it from criticising Beijing’s sweeping clampdown on religions.  Fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui claimed in a podcast that the Communist Party had been paying the Holy See generously since 2014 because Beijing ‘wanted the Vatican to shut … Read more

Trump 2020 campaign app is ‘data snoop’ and ‘propaganda tool’

Official Trump 2020 campaign app is a ‘one-way tool of propaganda’ that requests access to more than twice the amount of personal data than Biden’s Team Joe app, researchers say Researchers analyzed the data requests from the Trump 2020 campaign app They found it requested more than twice the permissions of Biden’s app The Trump … Read more

No crime was committed when ‘White Lives Matter’ banner was flown over Ethiad stadium, police say 

Police investigating a Burnley football fan who chartered a plane and flew a White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium say no crime was committed.  Jake Hepple, who has posted in support of the EDL and been pictured with its former leader, Tommy Robinson, claimed responsibility for last night’s stunt and wrote on Facebook: … Read more

Meghan Markle biography to ‘set record straight’ on the ‘most talked about woman in the world’

A ‘pioneering’ new biography about Meghan Markle is promising to ‘set the record straight’ on why ‘the most charismatic member of the Royal Family’ has been ‘so upset’. Celebrity biographer Sean Smith, who has penned books about royals like Kate Middleton as well as stars including Ed Sheeran and  Kim Kardashian, has written Meghan: Misunderstood, set to … Read more

Google and Facebook behave like ‘monopolies’

A newspaper executive today criticised Google and Facebook for changing search algorithms without telling publishers and warned how they now have ‘all the power’ in online news and advertising. Peter Wright, editor emeritus at DMG Media, MailOnline’s parent company, said the news industry has ‘no idea how they work’ and they ‘behave in the way … Read more