The Federal Trade Commission has taken enforcement action for the first time under its Health Breach Notification Rule against the telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc., for failing to notify consumers and others of its unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ personal health information to Facebook, Google, and other companies. In a first-of-its-kind proposed…
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Skyview Networks Suffers Security Incident
Matthew Keys reports: An unauthorized person or group gained access to internal systems used by Skyview Networks this week, disrupting the delivery of the CBS World News Roundup and other programming to radio affiliates on Monday. The issue was confirmed in an email sent to Radio Ink by Steve Jones, the president and CEO of Skyview, who said…
UK: Counter-attacking ransomware hackers
Thomas Rudkin of Farrer & Co writes: There is a developing line of cases in England & Wales where those who have been subject to a ransomware attack take action against the hackers through the civil courts. The question is why bother and what is the best way to go about this if that is…
In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem
In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem It’s time to be proactive about user privacy. Find out if you’re sending too much data to Facebook—or if you need to send data at all By: Maria Puertas and Simon Fondrie-Teitler We all use the internet to complete increasingly sensitive tasks: book doctor’s appointments,…
Yandex data breach reveals source code littered with racist language
Ross Kelly reports: Russian tech company Yandex has issued an apology after racial slurs were discovered in source code leaked in a recent data breach. Several references to racial slurs, including the ‘N-word’, were found in the company’s source code last week. A researcher first revealed the use of offensive terminology in a series of…
GitHub revokes code signing certificates stolen in repo hack
Sergiu Gatlan reports: GitHub says unknown attackers have stolen encrypted code-signing certificates for its Desktop and Atom applications after gaining access to some of its development and release planning repositories. So far, GitHub has found no evidence that the password-protected certificates (one Apple Developer ID certificate and two Digicert code signing certificates used for Windows…