Türkiye Fines Amazon's Twitch 2 mln lira for Data Breach

The twitch logo is seen at the offices of Twitch Interactive Inc, a social video platform and gaming community owned by Amazon, in San Francisco, California, US, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
The twitch logo is seen at the offices of Twitch Interactive Inc, a social video platform and gaming community owned by Amazon, in San Francisco, California, US, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
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Türkiye Fines Amazon's Twitch 2 mln lira for Data Breach

The twitch logo is seen at the offices of Twitch Interactive Inc, a social video platform and gaming community owned by Amazon, in San Francisco, California, US, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
The twitch logo is seen at the offices of Twitch Interactive Inc, a social video platform and gaming community owned by Amazon, in San Francisco, California, US, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

Türkiye Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) has fined Amazon.com's gaming platform Twitch 2 million lira ($58,000) over a data breach, the official Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday.

KVKK launched an investigation after a 125 GB data leak. It found that Twitch had failed to take adequate security measures beforehand, addressing the issue only afterward. According to Reuters, it also said risk and threat assessments had been insufficient.

The breach affected 35,274 individuals in Türkiye. KVKK imposed a 1.75 million lira fine for inadequate security and 250,000 lira for failing to report the breach.

Twitch was not immediately available for comment.

 

 



China’s Huawei Starts Taking Pre-orders for Mate 70 Smartphone

 A Chinese flag flutters near a Huawei store in Shanghai, China September 8, 2023. (Reuters)
A Chinese flag flutters near a Huawei store in Shanghai, China September 8, 2023. (Reuters)
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China’s Huawei Starts Taking Pre-orders for Mate 70 Smartphone

 A Chinese flag flutters near a Huawei store in Shanghai, China September 8, 2023. (Reuters)
A Chinese flag flutters near a Huawei store in Shanghai, China September 8, 2023. (Reuters)

China's Huawei Technologies on Monday announced that it had started taking pre-orders for its Mate 70 smartphone model, in a statement on its official WeChat account.

It will also hold an event for the Mate brand on Nov. 26, it said in a separate statement, where it is expected to unveil its latest smartphone line-up.

The company's online store on Monday started allowing users to reserve the Mate 70 and two pro versions without requiring a deposit. The website did not disclose prices.

Huawei returned to the 5G premium smartphone market last year with its Mate 60 phones that have domestically produced semiconductors.

The phones have been celebrated in China as a triumph over US sanctions that have, since 2019, prevented the company from accessing advanced US chips and other technology.