Washington: The company behind a popular fertility app has agreed to pay $200,000 in federal and state penalties after authorities allege he shared users personal health information for years without their consent, including Google and two China-based companies, according to CNN Business. The app, known as By the wayyou will also be prohibited from sharing … Read more
In October 2020, a web-based counseling service provider in Finland, Vastaamo, reported a security flaw in the company’s IT systems that exposed its entire patient database to the open internet, not just the email addresses and social security numbers, but the actual written notes that the therapists had taken. A group of hackers had gotten … Read more
BOSTON: A digital attack on a Massachusetts-based healthcare institution could tamper with the personal information of up to 2 million people, officials said. Shields Health Care Group Inc.The data, which includes names, said in a notice on its website on Tuesday that it provides imaging and ambulatory surgical services at dozens of locations. Social security … Read more