Asics store played porn on giant TV screens for 9 hours
Asics has apologised after pornography was played on giant TV screens facing a busy high for nine-hours at its flagship store in Auckland.
Pornography was streamed onto the fashion retailers…
30% of all ecommerce traffic comes from bots
Ecommerce retailers see more than 30 per cent of their traffic come from bots, as automated attacks on online retailers become more sophisticated.
Bot’s account for a staggering percentage of…
Cyber attacks hit 1.4m British SMEs last year
It’s not just the major retailers that need to protect themselves: new research finds 1.4 million British small businesses were affected by a cyber attack or significant security incident last…
Facebook to launch “Privacy Cafe” pop-ups across the UK offering free coffee and privacy advice
Facebook is due to launch “Privacy Café’s” across the UK where users can get “help and advice on how to change your privacy settings”. The Privacy Café’s will launch in…
StockX data breach exposes 6.8m users’ data
StockX admitted to the data breach after sending an email to all its users requiring them to change their passwords due to a “system update” on Thursday. The footwear retailer…
Amazon Ring: Police partnerships spark outrage from privacy campaign groups
Amazon’s Ring doorbell device has been criticised by digital rights campaign groups over privacy concerns after it was revealed to be sharing videos with law enforcement. Privacy concerns were raised…
Walmart using AI-powered cameras to tackle checkout fraud
Walmart has begun using artificially intelligent security cameras to tackle theft at checkouts in an effort to reduce losses. According to Business Insider, the US retail giant has already rolled…
Amazon shareholders support selling controversial face recognition to police
Amazon shareholders rejected proposals to prohibit sales of its facial recognition technology to governments and police forces.
Two proposals concerning the sale and use of Amazon’s controversial surveillance tool Rekognition…
460,000 Uniqlo accounts hacked in major breach
Uniqlo’s owner Fast Retailing Co. has said hackers have likely gained access to at least 460,000 customer accounts. The fashion retailer has said that nearly half a million accounts registered…
Amazon hit by “serious” hack seeing over 100 sellers bank details changed
More than 100 Amazon accounts fell victim to a “serious” hack which saw fraudsters funnel sellers’ cash into their own bank accounts over a six-month period. According to Bloomberg, the…