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
Compliance FTC Orders Blackbaud to Address Poor Security Practices FTC and fundraising software company Blackbaud reach settlement over poor security practices that led to a major data breach. Eduard KovacsFebruary 2, 2024