Compliance US Military Health Provider HNFS Pays $11M in Settlement Over Cybersecurity Failures US military health benefits program administrator HNFS to pay $11 million in settlement over its false claims of cybersecurity compliance. Ionut ArghireFebruary 20, 2025
Compliance Penn State Settles for $1.25M Over Failure to Comply With DoD, NASA Cybersecurity Requirements The Penn State university has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle alleged failure to meet cybersecurity requirements for DoD and NASA contracts. Ionut ArghireOctober 24, 2024
Compliance AT&T to Pay $13 Million in Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million in a settlement with the FCC over a 2023 data breach at a third-party vendor’s cloud environment. Ionut ArghireSeptember 18, 2024
Data Breaches Healthcare Provider to Pay $65M Settlement Following Ransomware Attack Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to pay a $65 million settlement in a class-action suit filed over a 2023 data breach. Ionut ArghireSeptember 12, 2024
Government Verkada Settles With FTC Over Poor Security Practices That Led to Camera Hacking The FTC complaint alleges that Verkada’s failures allowed a hacker to access customers’ security cameras. Ionut ArghireSeptember 3, 2024
Privacy Meta Agrees to $1.4B Settlement With Texas in Privacy Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over a facial recognition feature. Associated PressJuly 31, 2024
Mobile & Wireless Verizon Subsidiary Settles With FCC for $16M Over Three Data Breaches Verizon subsidiary TracFone Wireless settles for $16 million with the FCC over three old data breaches. Ionut ArghireJuly 24, 2024
Privacy Facial Recognition Startup Clearview AI Settles Privacy Suit Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has reached a settlement in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy... Associated PressJune 24, 2024
Data Breaches Blackbaud Settles With California for $6.75 Million Over 2020 Data Breach Blackbaud was ordered to pay $6.75 million to the California Attorney General’s Office over the 2020 data breach. Ionut ArghireJune 18, 2024
Privacy BetterHelp Customers Begin Receiving Refund Notices From $7.8M Data Privacy Settlement, FTC Says BetterHelp customers have started receiving refund notices from a $7.8 million data privacy settlement, the FTC says. Associated PressMay 9, 2024
Data Protection FTC Sending $5.6 Million in Refunds to Ring Customers Over Security Failures The FTC is sending a total of $5.6 million in refunds to over 117,000 Ring customers as result of a 2023 settlement. Ionut ArghireApril 25, 2024
Cybercrime Tech Support Firms Agree to $26M FTC Settlement Over Fake Services Restoro and Reimage agree to a $26 million settlement after selling fake antivirus and tech services to undercover FTC agents. Ionut ArghireMarch 15, 2024