The Transatlantic Cable #266

Episode 266 of the Transatlantic Cable kicks off with news that TikTok has had a data-breach. However, all is not as it appears, as digging into the details it appears that the breach may not be as clear cut as it first appears.  Following that, the team look at a story concerning Samsung and a confirmed data-breach – Samsung are asking affected people to secure their accounts and reset passwords. From there, discussion moves to a story around Instagram, having just been on the receiving end of a whopping €405 million fine, due to the exposure of children’s data online. To wrap up, the team look at a story from the Guardian looking at ‘doom scrolling’ which is defined as ‘the tendency to be glued to bad news [which] can spark a ‘vicious cycle’ that interferes with our lives.’ If you liked what you heard, please do consider subscribing. TikTok denies reports that it’s been hacked Samsung says a data breach revealed some customers’ names, birthdays Instagram fined €405m over children's data privacy Doomscrolling linked to poor physical and mental health, study finds