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The Guardian view on hacking: a dangerous arms trade | Editorial

Cyberweapons are dangerous in themselves. Their proliferation makes them much more harmfulNSO Group,…

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Why do people keep using tech firms that abuse their data?

Despite privacy scandals, Facebook is more profitable than ever – journalists must use…

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Fallout from Gavin Williamson sacking | Letters

Readers respond to the sacking of the defence secretary Gavin Williamson over accusations…

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Parenting club Bounty fined £400,000 for selling users’ data

Company illegally shared 34.4m records with 39 companies, information commissioner findsThe parenting club…

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UK hacker jailed for six years for blackmailing pornography site users

Zain Qaiser targeted millions of computers with ransomware demanding large sumsA hacker who…

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Mumsnet reports itself to regulator over data breach

Company apologises after bug meant users were able to log into accounts of…

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Largest collection ever of breached data found

Store of 770m email addresses and passwords discovered after being put on hacking…

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Steep price rises and even steeper streets | Brief letters

Data grabbing | Country diary | Cost of stamps | A question of…

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Apple reportedly hires Facebook critic in privacy role

Sandy Parakilas, who worked at Facebook before opposing its use of personal data,…

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