Google and Meta have recently been sued for violations against Texas' biometric privacy law, marking the first few instances of the law's usage since its passage in 2009, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
As some of the largest health systems in the U.S. inform patients of inadvertent data disclosures to Facebook through its use of Pixel tracking, Sen. Mark Warner is demanding answers.
This week in the Security News Dr. Doug talks : SBOMs save the world, Elon, cut cabling, biometric lawsuits, sim swapping, tracking pixels, and fake LinkedIn accounts along with Show Wrap Ups from this week!
This week’s healthcare data breach roundup includes multiple email hacks with lengthy reporting gaps, and is led by a privacy incident at Advocate Aurora due to Pixel data scraping.
Washington-based Whitworth University has confirmed being impacted by a ransomware attack that has resulted in a data breach, which may have impacted 5,182 state residents, according to The Spokesman-Review.
BleepingComputer reports that Verizon has disclosed that some of its prepaid customers had their accounts accessed, with exposed credit card information later used in SIM swapping attacks.
An audit of EyeMed found the insurer failed to conduct a risk assessment in compliance with New York’s cybersecurity regulation after its 2020 email hack impacting millions of patients.
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