Privacy

Major New England health insurer Point32Health has confirmed the theft of patient medical information from its subsidiary Harvard Pilgrim Health Care following a ransomware attack last month, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

TechCrunch reports that Dish Network has disclosed that nearly 300,000 individuals had their personal information compromised following a ransomware attack in February.

The FBI is working with the Louisville-based health network as it works to recover from a May 9 cyberattack. This week’s healthcare data breach roundup also includes a hack of PillPack accounts.

Major U.S. multinational food distribution corporation Sysco has disclosed that 126,243 current and former employees may have had their sensitive data accessed and acquired following a cyberattack in January, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Google must also increase transparency about its location tracking settings, after a Washington state investigation determined consumers didn’t have control over their data privacy.

It’s the largest fine issued under the stringent privacy violation. Under the dispute resolution, Meta is also required to stop transferring data from Facebook to comply with GDPR.

A new bill would task the Department of Homeland Security with tracking and cataloguing incidents of doxing and cyber harassment against Americans by hostile foreign entities.

The number of identity crimes reported to the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center last year was 14,817, which is slightly off from the all-time high it received in 2021.