Privacy

This week’s healthcare data breach roundup includes hackers demanding $4.5 million from Barcelona hospital ransomware attack after claiming to steal 4.5TB of patient data.

Higher education and alumni social networking platform PeopleGrove, formerly known as CampusKudos, has confirmed having a database in an insecure server breached, compromising the personal information of its users, TechCrunch reports.

Calling it an "inadvertent disclosure," Cerebral’s breach notice to nearly 3.2 million patients confirms many of the claims levied against the mental health app in a recent Senate inquiry.

Officials in the City of Oakland, California, are still facing challenges in facilitating recovery from a Play ransomware attack that has resulted in city service disruptions and extensive data leaks, Government Technology reports.

Despite missing key security measures on its website, the Canada Revenue Agency says its "not responsible for any damages experienced as a result."

Toyota's Customer 360 customer relationship management platform has a severe security flaw enabling access to the automaker's Mexican customers' personal data, according to SecurityWeek.

Twitter will effectively ban SMS two-factor authentication in two weeks. Failing to shift users into a more secure authenticator is a "missed opportunity," experts say.

Denver Public Schools, the largest school district in Colorado, had its systems affected by a data breach between Dec. 13, 2022, and Jan. 13, 2023, exposing employee data, Government Technology reports.