Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs writes: Healthcare data breaches are on the rise-recent estimates peg the number of patient records breached in 2019 as exceeding 41 million individuals. Additionally, approximately 60% of all healthcare data breaches are caused by internal actors—a statistic underscored by consecutive data breach class actions filed against the Mayo…
Home Depot settles multi-state lawsuit stemming from 2014 breach
A number of states have issued press releases about how their state was part of a newly announced settlement stemming from a Home Depot breach in 2014. That breach has been covered quite a bit on this site already, as it resulted in a lot of litigation involving card issuers, credit unions, banks, and of…
Post-Breach, Peatix Data Reportedly Found on Instagram, Telegram
Lindsey O’Donnell reports: Event-discovery application Peatix has disclosed a data breach, after ads for stolen user-account information were reportedly being circulated on Instagram and Telegram. In a data breach notice to affected users, Peatix said it learned on Nov. 9 that user account data had been improperly accessed. Read more on ThreatPost.
Illinois Valley Community College sends letter warning of data breach
Michael Urbanec reports: Illinois Valley Community College has sent out more than 160,000 letters to current and former students, faculty and applicants warning them that their data may have been compromised in connection with a data breach back in April. This attack was originally noted on this site in April, but this site had followed…
Amazon’s Pharmacy Venture Opens New Privacy, Security Law Risks
Jacquie Lee and Jake Holland report: Amazon’s push into delivering prescription drugs puts it in the crosshairs of everyone from state attorneys general to data thieves—who will all be scrutinizing how the e-commerce giant protects sensitive patient information. Amazon’s new online pharmacy business will sell brand and generic prescription medications that consumers can buy through their insurance…
Banijay Employee Data Potentially Breached After Super-Producer Falls Victim To Cyber Attack
Jake Kanter reports: Highly sensitive employee data, including bank account details and home addresses, may have been breached after super-producer Banijay was the victim of what could be a major hack late last week. Banijay, the company behind global hits including MasterChef and Big Brother, had its IT systems compromised by a bad actor demanding a ransom, potentially exposing the…