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Italy's data protection authority has told OpenAI that its artificial intelligence chatbot application ChatGPT breaches data protection rules, the watchdog said on Monday as it presses ahead with an investigation started last year. The authority, known as Garante, is one of the European Union's most proactive in assessing AI platform compliance with the bloc's data privacy regime. Last year it banned ChatGPT over alleged breaches of EU privacy rules. The service was subsequently reactivated after OpenAI addressed issues concerning, among other things, the right of users to decline to consent to its use of personal data to train its algorithms. At the time, the regulator said it would continue its investigations. It has since concluded that there are elements indicating one or more potential data privacy violations, it said in a statement without providing further detail. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Garante on Mon...

The personal data of thousands of TAFE SA students has been stolen in a data breach. Information relating to more than 2000 students’ identification forms was involved. SA Police discovered USBs containing scanned copies of student identification forms when collecting evidence in an unrelated investigation. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> “We’re continuing our investigations into how this data left our organisation and we are ensuring we minimise the likelihood of future breaches,” TAFE SA CEO David Coltman said. The personal data of thousands of TAFE SA students has been stolen in a data breach .  Credit: TAFE SA International / Facebook TAFE SA said the breach happened before December 2021 but it is as yet unable to confirm how the breach occurred, according to 7NEWS. It is also unclear who is behind the data breach. SA Police told 7NEWS.com.au several devices containing data relevant to TAFE SA students were in their possession. “These devices wer...

The personal information of Service NSW customers has been exposed to other logged-in individuals during a privacy incident, the agency says. An update released to the “My services” dashboard on March 20 resulted in the data breach , Service NSW chief executive officer Greg Wells said in an email to affected customers shared with AAP on Monday. Personal information available through linked services that might have been visible included driver’s licence and vehicle registration details, contact information and children’s names. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Affected customers are believed to have been logged in to their MyServiceNSW Account between 1.20pm and 2.54pm. The agency said it believed the personal information available during the 94-minute window was not searchable and was isolated to the website. Mr Wells said he believed it was an isolated incident that only affected customers logged in at the time. “I can confirm this was not a cyber-attack...

Personal details of more than 130,000 Telstra customers have been exposed online in a major privacy breach. The telco giant admitted the data, which includes the names, addresses and phone numbers of customers who had asked to remain unlisted, had been released on the White Pages and Directory Assistance Services websites. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Telstra customer s exposed in data breach . Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Telstra said no cyber hack was involved, instead it was the result of a “misalignment of databases”. The company says it has removed the customer details from public view. “This was a result of a misalignment of databases – no cyber activity was involved,” chief financial officer Michael Ackland said. “We are conducting an internal investigation to better understand how it happened and to protect against it happening again.” Telstra apologised for the breach in a company blog post. “We’re sorry it occurred, and we know we have le...

Millions of Twitter users may have had their personal data - including personal phone numbers and email addresses - breached in a massive cybersecurity attack. Last week, some 5.4 million user records were exposed, according to Chad Loder, the founder of cyber security awareness company Habitu8. WATCH THE VIDEO: Black Fireay and Cyber Monday scams to beware of Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Loder shared the news on his Twitter account on November 23. However, his account was suspended shortly after he posted the claim. “I have just received evidence of a massive Twitter data breach affecting million s of Twitter accounts in the EU and US. I have contacted a sample of the affected accounts, and they confirmed that the breach ed data is accurate,” he said. Users in Europe and the US were impacted, according to Loder, who added the data exposed was enough for attackers to unleash phishing attacks. Many are now concerned Twitter is attempting to...