Privacy

Potentially significant health data breach hits Viamedis BleepingComputer reports that French healthcare services company Viamedis, which manages payments for 20 million insured individuals across the country, has confirmed having its systems impacted by a cyberattack.

More than 2 million jobseekers' personal data and email addresses have been exfiltrated by the ResumeLooters threat operation following SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks against at least 65 websites, most of which are in the retail and recruitment sectors in India, Taiwan, and Thailand, reports SecurityWeek.

The company said there was no evidence PII spilled outside the organization after a staff member gained unauthorized access to a file.

TechCrunch reports that more than 155,000 drivers of youth-oriented rideshare startup HopSkipDrive had their data stolen following a cyberattack between the end of May and early June.

Nearly 50% of 14 U.S. states that passed consumer data privacy laws have failed to properly protect their residents' data from improper usage by private firms, StateScoop reports.

Global orthopedic implant device and surgical instrument manufacturer Exactech had its computer network breached in April, resulting in the potential compromise of personal data belonging to 4,230 individuals across the U.S., reports Cybernews.

CyberScoop reports that the U.S.