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But it’s the Russians! The ubiquitous Russians are at it again, or, so we are being told. You know, the Russian hackers who are everywhere, doing everything nefarious in the world, and victimizing poor little helpless “us” here in the United States . . . BREAKING! Wikileaks: CIA ‘Stole’ Russian Malware, Uses It to ‘Misdirect Attribution’ …
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UPDATE: Yahoo Shareholders Sue Over Massive Data Breaches (Law 360 paywall) Verizon and Yahoo have renegotiated their deal in the wake of Yahoo’s revelations of its past data breaches. Verizon had agreed to pay $4.8 billion for Yahoo’s Internet business in July 2016, but that was before Yahoo disclosed that it had two of the largest data …
Hackers have obtained David Beckham’s embarrassing emails from his advisors in an extortion plot in which the advisors were told “pay up or we’ll release emails,” according to a recent news report. When the advisors refused to pay the £1million demand, the hackers released the emails. This is yet another example of what I call shame hacking, a topic …
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That’s right, Children’s Medical Center had 1 unencrypted laptop stolen that had protected health information (PHI) for 3800 patients. This stolen laptop was absolutely considered a data breach and resulted in a fine of $3.2 million. Still think data breaches are not serious business? Read more: Children’s Medical Center Pays Federal Fine Over Data Breach « …
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What better way is there to celebrate Data Privacy Day than by learning more about the most recent list of Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Law Trailblazers as published by the National Law Journal? If you are so inclined, here you go: Trailblazers!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OBSERVE IT? Today is Data Privacy Day! If you have been wondering “what is Data Privacy Day?” then this is your lucky day because not only is today Data Privacy Day, but here is the answer and an explanation for why it really matters to you and your company’s future …
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UPDATED: SEE BELOW IRS ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams For 2017 Include ID Theft & Bogus Refunds Hunting season just began — the season in which cybercriminals are hunting for W-2 information from your company. They do this by sending emails spoofing high-level executives, such as the company President or CEO, to lower level clerical personnel …
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A warning for law firms: Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the case should serve as a “wake-up call for law firms around the world.” “You are and will be targets of cyber hacking, because you have information valuable to would-be criminals,” Bharara said in a statement. But …
Ashley Madison and the FTC announced a settlement of the investigation into the breach data breach of 36 million AshleyMadison.com users that was being pursued by the FTC and several states’ attorneys general. The cost to Ashley Madison is substantial: a total judgment of $17.5 million (though only $1.6 million is currently due because of …
Is the Texas elector who refuses to vote for Trump the first example of shame hacking in politics? In previous posts, I have written about shame hacking which is the use of hacked data for embarrassing or extorting people by threatening to expose such compromising data if they do not comply with whatever demands were made of them. …
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