Jon Brodkin reports: One year after Meta sued a data-scraping company, a federal judge this week threw out Meta’s breach-of-contract claim because the defendant obtained only public data from Facebook and Instagram. Meta sued Bright Data in January 2023, making claims of breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. Bright Data is an Israeli company that collects data…
Category: Breaches
Meta Asks Court to Halt FTC Privacy Proceedings Pending Appeal
Tonya Riley reports: Meta Platforms Inc. urged a federal appeals court to block Federal Trade Commission proceedings to revise a 2020 privacy agreement until its appeal of a district court decision allowing the agency to move forward is decided. The FTC launched proceedings to reopen the 2020 agreement in May 2023, leading Meta to sue in federal court…
NSA purchase of Americans’ personal data from brokers is illegal, senator says
Suzanne Smalley reports: Sen. Ron Wyden on Thursday asserted that National Security Agency’s (NSA) purchase of Americans’ internet records from data brokers is illegal based on a recent Federal Trade Commission ruling, The Oregon Democrat released documents showing senior defense officials acknowledging they buy commercial data, including internet metadata and information associated with phones located…
Patients Extorted Over Photos Sue Doctors for Security Failures
Skye Witley reports: Pilfered snapshots of patients baring their bodies ahead of life-saving cancer operations and plastic surgeries are unexpectedly landing in the vast landscape of the public internet after cyberattacks, as hackers seek new ways to turn a profit. Campaigns to extort victims during ransomware attacks against health-care providers are evolving, according to lawsuits…