TikTok executives were unable to answer Liberal senator and chair of the committee James Paterson when he questioned them on how many times Australian user data had been accessed by TikTok staff in China, but the executives admitted it had happened.
Johns Hopkins University and its Johns Hopkins Health System are facing at least two proposed federal class action lawsuits filed in recent days following the institution's disclosure that it was among victims of the recent spate of hacks involving MOVEit file transfer software.
Operationalizing security comes down to making it part of the business process, and everyone in the organization must be responsible. Goals and the objectives must be clearly spelled out, including lines of accountability and ownership, said Jason Hart, chief technology officer for EMEA at Rapid7.
The European Commission has officially adopted the EU-U.S. Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will enable the free flow of commercial data between Europe and the United States. The framework will go into effect in December and will be subject to yearly review by the European Commission.
Traditional licensing models that lock organizations into fixed solutions or time periods are no longer ideal. Organizations need to consider usage-based licensing approaches that offer flexibility to deploy whatever solutions are required, wherever they are needed, for whatever length of time.
Hacking incidents, including those involving ransomware attacks or vendors, that affect tens of millions of individuals, continue to account for the majority of health data breaches reported to federal regulators so far this year. What are the other emerging breach trends?
The French government is pursuing a new law that will grant the country's law enforcement agencies sweeping power to snoop on suspected cybercriminals and other online miscreants by remotely accessing their phones and computers. The measure is now headed to the French National Assembly.
The personal information of nearly 35 million Indonesian passport holders is up for sale on the dark web for $10,000 by notorious hacktivist Bjorka, who routinely criticizes the Indonesian government, publishing damaging information about lawmakers on social media. The government is investigating.
Ransomware continues to be the biggest threat to the European healthcare sector, but the region also is experiencing an uptick in distributed denial-of-service attacks tied to hacktivist groups, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity warned.
A ransomware attack in May that and compromised the sensitive information of 319,500 individuals, including addiction treatment center patient data, has so far generated three proposed federal class action lawsuits against the Pennsylvania real estate firm that owns the medical group.
Organizations need to adopt a creative approach when building policies around the legal, commercial and reputational risks raised by generative AI tools - such as with privacy, consumer protection and contractual obligations, said legal expert Anna King of Markel.
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in the digital assets world. This week, a Poly Network hacker stole $10 million, Belarus mulled banning P2P crypto payments, the Ethereum community proposed a new security standard and Russia raised $20 million in crypto.
The world is moving on from magnetic stripe payment cards, with one notable exception: the United States. Credit card issuers, banks and consumers agree the magnetic stripe is prone to hacking - so why is one of the largest markets for plastic payment still clinging to decades-old technology?
Experts believe China's revised Counter-Espionage Law gives the Chinese Communist Party the power to retaliate against Western financial and technological sanctions and also control rising discontent among Chinese citizens. The law went into effect on Saturday.
A Tennessee medical clinic and surgical center is notifying more than half a million patients and employees that their personal information may have been stolen by cybercriminals in an April cyberattack that disrupted healthcare services for several days.
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