According to the latest Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) annual report, digital crimes reported to the FBI in 2023 resulted in potential monetary losses of over $12.5 billion, marking a 22 percent increase from the previous year.
Governance & Risk Management , Healthcare , Industry Specific Complaint Alleges Tech Giant Is Breaking Privacy Promises, Putting Patients at Risk Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 19, 2024 Image: Google Two tech advocacy groups are pushing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, alleging the company has reneged on a promise it […]
A class-action complaint was filed against Intel this week over its handling of data-leaking bugs in its CPUs. In a 112-page filing with the San Jose Division of the United States District Court’s Northern District of California, five representative plaintiffs are alleging that the chip giant knew about faulty instructions which enabled such issues as […]
A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday urges the agency to investigate the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr for potentially illegally storing and disclosing users’ sensitive data, including HIV and vaccination status. The Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) complaint lays out Grindr’s history of compromising users’ privacy and safety, pointing most recently to […]