Data Privacy, Data Security, Healthcare Sensitive Data of Nearly 470,000 Patients and Employees Potentially Exposed on Dark Web Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 18, 2025 Omni Family Health, a nonprofit operating approximately 40 community health centers in California, has reached a $6.5 million settlement over a 2024 cyber incident…
Access Management, Data Privacy, Data Security NIH Working on Fixes to Address National Security Risks and Weak Access Controls Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 17, 2025 A federal watchdog agency identified security vulnerabilities that could permit unauthorized access to genomics data collected under the NIH’s All of Us research…
Data Breach Notification, Data Security, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Cybercrime Gang Kazu Demands $200K Ransom, Leaking 1.2 Million Patient Records Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 14, 2025 Texas-based Doctor Alliance investigates claims by the Kazu cybercrime gang, which alleges it stole 1.2 million records. (Image: Doctor Alliance) The Kazu…
Data Privacy, Data Security, Healthcare State Authorities Highlight Security Lapses Leading to Illuminate Education’s Late 2021 Data Breach Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 10, 2025 Illuminate Education faces a $5.1 million settlement after a cyberattack in late 2021 that compromised data of over 3 million students. (Image: Illuminate) A…
Data Privacy, Data Security New Research: Pedestrians Can Reveal Identity via Directional Radio Signals Greg Sirico • November 10, 2025 Image: Shutterstock Recent findings by a team of German researchers reveal that the unique way individuals walk—especially when traversing environments equipped with Wi-Fi fields produced by directional antennas—can be used…
Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data Security DHS Expands SAVE Database for Voter Verification, Sparking Privacy Concerns Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 5, 2025 Image: VL-PhotoPro/Shutterstock The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced plans to extend the use of its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database for voter verification,…
Data Breach Notification, Data Privacy, Data Security 2025 Sees Major Data Breach Affecting 10.5 Million Individuals, Multiple Insurers, State Authorities Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 4, 2025 Conduent, a publicly traded entity spun off from Xerox in 2017, is facing a surge of class-action lawsuits following a data breach…
Data Breach Notification, Data Privacy, Data Security Oglethorpe Notifying 92,000 Patients of June Data Breach Involving Mental Health and Addiction Information Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • November 3, 2025 Oglethorpe is notifying over 92,000 patients of a data breach affecting their mental health and addiction treatment records. (Image: Oglethorpe Inc.)…
Data Privacy, Data Security, Endpoint Security Denmark Withdraws Proposal for Client-Side Scanning Amid Controversy Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • October 31, 2025 Image: Petr Svoboda/Shutterstock In a significant development, Denmark has withdrawn a contentious proposal that aimed to mandate online service providers to scan user communications and files for child sexual…
