Category Archives: Computer Fraud

US v. Nosal Court Provides Guidance on Calculation of “Loss” Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)

On January 13, 2014, the District Court in United States v. Nosal issued an Order Regarding the Calculation of Loss for Purposes of the Guidelines which, while aimed primarily at addressing the criminal sentencing guidelines, also provided some helpful principles for calculating a “loss” for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 1030(g) of the Computer Fraud and Abuse …

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Bloggers have the same First Amendment protections as journalists according to 9th Circuit

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public have the same First Amendment protections as journalists when sued for defamation: If the issue is of public concern, plaintiffs have to prove negligence to win damages.via News from The Associated Press. 

Aaron Swartz, Edward Snowden, Target Breach, Privacy and Data Security — What Do We Really Want?

Please follow me for a moment to think big-picture about a few important privacy and data security issues. Don’t over analyze, just read this and then close your eyes and think about it for a minute or two. Think big-picture. Aaron Swartz believed information should be liberated — that is, free for everyone to access …

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Tuma quoted in Computerworld article: “A year after Swartz suicide, reform of anti-hacking law remains elusive”

I am honored to have been quoted in today’s Computerworld article about Aaron Swartz and reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act titled A year after Swartz suicide, reform of anti-hacking law remains elusive: Calls for changing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act have made little headway. The article also quotes Hanni Fakhoury of the Electronic Frontier …

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So, your business has never had a data breach? Have you ever had an employee leave?

TAKEAWAY: Businesses must protect their data from being taken by anyone who is not authorized to have it — insiders and outsiders alike. If their data is taken in a way that is unauthorized, it is a data breach. When a former employee leaves with a thumb drive, Gmail inbox, or Dropbox of your businesses’ …

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You should know this > “What do connected cars and toilets have in common?”

What do connected cars and toilets have in common? That is the title to a recent Blog Post about an upcoming presentation at VMWorld 2013, Barcelona and, when I read it, I just had to quiz my readers to see who remembered … Come on now, you do know the answer to this question, right? I …

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To all Veterans, thank you very much for

To all Veterans, thank you very much for your service to our country!

Read this explanation of cyber espionage and how it impacts YOUR company

This morning I read an article that I am sharing because it is, in essence, a very high-level overview of the theme of the presentations that Jarrett Kolthoff, David Major, and I recently delivered at the Combating Corporate Espionage: Protecting Your Organization From “hackers, insiders & fraudster” seminar. The article is Blame game: Cyber espionage from …

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Presentation slides for Parenting Paper<less Conference on Digital Information Law Issues

Check out the recent MyCase Blog featuring Shawn Tuma’s practice

Check out the recent MyCase Blog featuring my practice! > A MyCase Practice: Shawn Tuma | Dallas, Texas Technology and Business Attorney http://ow.ly/qmqAy