Privacy

The Federal Communications Commission has introduced updated data breach rules for telecommunications firms that expand the definition of breach to unintended customer data access, use, or disclosure, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Idaho National Laboratory had data from 45,047 former and current employees, spouses, and dependents compromised following a cyberattack last month, which has been claimed by the SiegedSec hacking operation, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

The large dental insurance company said protected health information was exposed, including details about dental procedures and claims payments.

Google twice postponed disabling third-party cookies, but plans to phase them out for all Chrome users by the end of 2024.

CBS News reports that New York-based health providers HealthAlliance Hospital, Margaretville Hospital, and Mountainside Residential Care Center, which are under the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, had their patients' data compromised in an attack against their IT network that spanned nearly two months.

Louisiana-based medical association Lafourche Medical Group and the Department of Health and Human Services have reached a $480,000 settlement for a cyberattack in 2021 that resulted in the compromise of protected health information from 34,862 individuals, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.