Virginia Gay Hospital based in Vinton of Iowa state has suffered a data security incident, which might have led to disclosure of personal information of 5,030 patients.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Student Online Personal Protection Act of 2019, a measure that gives parents more control over online information schools collect from students and how their data is used.
Bulgaria’s DSK Bank, a unit of Hungary’s OTP Group, has been fined 1 million levs ($569,930) for a data breach that affected over 33,000 clients, the country’s Commission for Personal Data Protection said.
Hy-Vee, a chain of more than 245 supermarkets located throughout the Midwestern United States, is conducting an investigation into a data breach incident involving payment processing systems that is focused on transactions at some Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops and restaurants.
Capital One, the second largest auto finance company in the United States, operates a Responsible Disclosure Program where researchers can disclose potential vulnerabilities via email.
The Premera Blue Cross data breach lawsuit, which alleges that due to Premera's practices, cyberattackers were able to gain access to the personal information of 10.6 million individuals, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, protected health information, telephone numbers, and the names of employers, has been settled.
A new report from Juniper Research found that the cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to more than $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%.
The global gaming phenomenon Fortnite, and more than 250 million users, are being targeted by a new ransomware auto-denominated “Syrk,” built with tools available on the internet, according to researchers at cloud security specialists, Cyren.
Bayamon Medical Center and the Puerto Rico Women and Children's Hospital have suffered a ransomware attack that involved personal information of the hospital's patients.
Massachusetts General Hospital (“MGH”) is notifying approximately 9,900 individuals of a data breach incident involving MGH’s Department of Neurology in connection with some of its research programs.
