BetterHelp Faces $7.8M Penalty for Data Mismanagement
BetterHelp is the first online therapy company to be ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay consumers in a data mishandling settlement. By compensating those whose health data was…
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Hackers Breach Firearm Auction Site, Steal Gun Owners Data
The recent data breach at Ashley Madison, a dating site for people looking to have extramarital affairs, has reignited the discussion around online privacy. This breach exposed reams of sensitive…
OpenAI Ceases Use of Customer Data as Default for Model Training
OpenAI is changing its API developer policy in light of criticism from developers and users. The new terms aim to avoid situations where third-party applications create unfair advantages and violate…
Dish Network Suffers Data Breach From Ransomware Attack
Dish officials state that their systems were infected with a ransomware virus sometime in early May and that intruders have since extracted sensitive data from their systems. While the extent…
Pentagon Ramps Up Security After Unsecured Email Server Leaks Sensitive Military Data
The latest update to the Facebook Messenger app includes a new feature that allows users to send money directly to other people in their chat group. The new function, which…
Activision Kept Employees in Dark About Data Breach for Months
After gaining access to some internal employee and game data, the hackers were able to publish a list of unreleased games on their website. This included games that belonged to…
Data Breach Blame Game between Atlassian and Envoy
Envoy has faced increasing scrutiny in recent months over security concerns, with the company admitting earlier this week that one of its customers had been hacked. Atlassian faced similar criticism…
Million Patient Data at Risk as Ransomware Group Utilizes Zero-Day Exploit.
The recent ransomware attack that was uncovered earlier this week has resurfaced with some old tricks that hackers have used in the past. This new campaign seems to be targeting…
Slick Indian Social Media Mishap Leaves Kids User Data Exposed
Slick, an emerging Indian social media app, left an internal database containing users’ personal information exposed to the internet for months. The database included data of school-going children, which made…
Startup Grocer Weee! Hit with Data Breach; Customer Data Stolen
Interestingly, the company says that no personal information like credit card numbers or addresses were taken in the attack. Weee! claims that hackers accessed an Amazon Web Services account used…
