Category Archives: Data Privacy

Feds: Chinese Traders Busted, Trading on Info “Hacked” from Law Firms via Email Compromise

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 …

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Top 10 Web Resources for Privacy Professionals | LinkedIn Pulse

Sharing the following which I found to be a pretty good list – check it out:As 2017 fast approaches and we continue to plan posts for the year ahead, we thought we would take a look back at some of the more popular topics we have addressed. We began creating these posts with As 2017 fast …

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Ashley Madison & FTC Settle Data Breach Case – Does Your Company Have These Cybersecurity Shortcomings?

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 …

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Porn, Politics & Cybersecurity: Are We Seeing Shame Hacking with Texas Elector?

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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Holiday Shopping Cybersecurity Tips on WFAA TV Interviewing Shawn Tuma

WFAA-TV aired these holiday shopping cybersecurity tips in a two-part series featured in the following videos: Part 1 https://youtu.be/fMTuzk4xbrA Part 2 https://youtu.be/dlxGKv6R06Y Here is the article Season of taking: Online scams surge during holidays

Eye Opener Morning Show Guest Shawn Tuma Discusses Adult Friend Finder Data Breach

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Yes, Officers & Directors Can Be Held Personally Liable for Their Company’s Data Breach – Here’s Why

“Can I be held personally liable for my company’s data breach?”

That is one of the questions I am asked most frequently. The answer is “YES!” though the usual reasons provided are not nearly as straightforward as the one discussed in the video below.

Shawn Tuma Discusses Government Scanning of Yahoo Emails on WHDT World News

https://youtu.be/5PIWEfrHXmU ______________________ Shawn Tuma (@shawnetuma) is a business lawyer with an internationally recognized reputation in cybersecurity, computer fraud and data privacy law. He is a Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Partner at Scheef & Stone, LLP, a full-service commercial law firm in Texas that represents businesses of all sizes throughout the United States and, through its Mackrell …

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Why is Healthcare Data So Valuable to Cyber Criminals?

Healthcare data is one of the most desirable forms of data for cyber criminals to steal because its value on the cyber black market — the Dark Web — is much higher than most other forms of data. While there are several reasons for this, the recent study Your Life, Repackaged and Resold: The Deep …

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SecureWorld Presentation: Cybersecurity Legal Issues: What You Really Need to Know

Shawn Tuma delivered the presentation Cybersecurity Legal Issues: What You Really Need to Know at SecureWorld Expo Dallas on September 27, 2016. The following are the slides from Tuma’s presentation. Download: Cybersecurity Incident Checklist http://www.slideshare.net/shawnetuma/secureworld-expo-dallas-cybersecurity-law-what-business-and-it-leaders-need-to-know The opening Keynote speaker for the event was Dr. Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute. Dr. Ponemon delivered a fabulous …

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