The Federal Trade Commission charged that the genetic testing firm 1Health.io left sensitive genetic and health data unsecured, deceived consumers about their ability to get their data deleted, and changed its privacy policy retroactively without adequately notifying and obtaining consent from consumers whose data the company had already collected. As part of a proposed settlement with the…
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Banks, Institutions Pay Over N200m Fines for Exposing Privacy Rights of Nigerians
Victor Enengedi reports: A total sum exceeding N200 million has been collected by the Federal Government from at least seven banks and various other institutions. The Federal Government collected these payments from these financial institutions as a consequence of their infringement upon the data privacy rights of Nigerian citizens. Read more at Legit. (If I’m…
A question for OnniForums (UPDATED)
Please see important update below this post. As DataBreaches previously reported, this site had received an email from OnniForums about Exposed.vc but the email had no reply option. Still curious and seeking answers about claims made in the email, I joined OnniForums, and found a post that mentioned my reporting on them by @DataBroker: Posted…
Former RAIDforums member “DataBox” sentenced to prison by Amsterdam court
A former member of RAIDForums was sentenced to prison today by an Amsterdam court. The 25-year-old man, Erkan Sezgin, was known as “DataBox” on RAIDforums when he listed the data of millions of Austrians for sale. Sezgin, who was employed as a data engineer at Matrixian Group, was arrested in November 2022 and detained until…
Healthcare and Public Health Sector Cybersecurity Notification: #TimisoaraHackerTeam Analysis
June 16 – #TimisoaraHackerTeam Analysis TLP: Clear
Google claims it caught China government hackers redhanded breaking into hundreds of networks around the world
Frank Bajak and AP report: Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a security hole in a popular email security appliance to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations globally, nearly a third of them government agencies including foreign ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Thursday. “This is the broadest cyber espionage…