Privacy

Digital app developers and other companies maintaining consumer data, including health information, should review current privacy practices as the FTC cracks down on violations.

After having its systems compromised and data leaked by the Play ransomware gang last month, the City of Oakland, California has also been claimed to be attacked by the LockBit ransomware operation, according to BleepingComputer.

An unsecured database with nearly 50,000 invoice records tied to Encore Support Services was found online, containing the data of students with special education needs.

FedScoop reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been urged by House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Rep. Cathy McNorris, R-Wash., to provide more details behind the nearly two-month delay in its disclosure of a ransomware attack-related data breach at its subcontractor Healthcare Management Solutions, which compromised 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

Italian sports car maker Ferrari confirmed Monday that it was hit with a ransomware extortion attempt by an unknown threat actor in which customer data was exposed.