Legislation & Litigation , Standards, Regulations & Compliance Plaintiffs Alleged Google Sought to Cover Up API Flaw That Exposed Private Data Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • February 7, 2024 Google is set to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit tied to an API that disclosed too much. (Image: Shutterstock) Silicon Valley giant Google […]
Healthcare , Industry Specific , Legislation & Litigation ReproSource Also Agrees to Beef Up Security in Wake of 2021 Ransomware Attack Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • January 12, 2024 Image: ReproSource A fertility testing laboratory has agreed to improve its data security practices and pay up to $1.25 million to settle a consolidated […]
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Critical Infrastructure Security , Legislation & Litigation Biden Administration Demands to See Red-Teaming Safety Tests of Foundational Models Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • October 30, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on artificial intelligence on Oct. 30, 2023. (Image: Shutterstock) U.S. President […]
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Governance & Risk Management , Legislation & Litigation House Committee Told to Relaunch Data Privacy Effort Launched Last Year Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 18, 2023 Image: Shutterstock Congressional regulation of artificial intelligence should begin with a national privacy law, members of a House panel said […]
Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Litigation Filed Days After Alphv/BlackCat Claimed to Have Stolen Data of 2.5 Million Patients Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 10, 2023 McLaren Health Care faces at least three proposed federal class action lawsuits so far in the aftermath of a […]
Governance & Risk Management , Legislation & Litigation , Patch Management Experts Warn Vulnerability Disclosure to Government Agencies Increases Hacking Risk Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • October 4, 2023 Image: Shutterstock More than four dozen cybersecurity mavens say a proposed European Union mandate for software publishers to inform the trading bloc’s cybersecurity agency of […]
MGM Resorts is facing class action litigation in two separate lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada in connection with the cyberattack launched against the company earlier this month. The suits, filed Thursday, allege the company was negligent and gained unjust enrichment for failing to protect the personal data of MGM Resorts customers from […]