Australian private insurer Medibank on Tuesday confirmed that a recently disclosed cyberattack impacts the data of more customers than initially thought. The announcement came days after hackers threatened to target celebrities.
Australia on Saturday proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals.
Non-profit healthcare provider Advocate Aurora Health is informing 3 million individuals that a malformed tracking pixel has inadvertently exposed protected health information (PHI) to Facebook or Google.
France on Thursday slapped a 20-million-euro fine on US firm Clearview AI for breaching privacy laws, as pressure mounts on the controversial facial-recognition platform.
Biometric authentication provider IronVest this week has emerged from stealth mode with $23 million in seed funding.
The investment round was led by Accomplice, with participation from Joule Ventures, OurCrowd, Trust Ventures, Ulysses, and several angel investors.
Data privacy platform DataGrail this week announced that it has raised $45 million in a Series C funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $84.2 million.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) this week published Binding Operational Directive 23-01 (BOD 23-01), which requires federal agencies to take the necessary steps to improve their asset visibility and vulnerability detection capabilities within the next six months.
The Australian government said on Monday it is considering tougher cybersecurity rules for telecommunications companies and blamed Optus, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, for an unprecedented breach of personal data from 9.8 million customers.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay a $35 million fine for exposing the personal information of millions of customers.
A German law requiring telecoms companies to retain customer data is a breach of EU legislation, a European court ruled Tuesday, prompting the justice minister to vow an overhaul of the rules.
