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Okta Attack Points Out Important Issues

One more time, Okta was attacked and customer data and systems compromised. I am going to leave the conversation about whether or not you should use Okta vs. a competitor to a separate conversation, but it seems that their security may be a bit lacking. In this most recent attack, the Okta support system was […]

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Security News for the Week Ending October 20, 2023

Regulators, Insurers and Customers All Going After Progress SW In Progress Software’s 10-Q, it reported that the SEC is going after them due to the MOVEit breach; also a slew of lawsuits in multiple countries. They are also cooperating various privacy regulators. The only winners are the lawyers. Credit: The Register Twitter Usage Still Down […]

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Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again Expecting Different Results is Called … Cryptocurrency

New York is suing cryptocurrency exchange operators Gemini Trust and Digital Currency Group for defrauding more than a quarter million investors out of more than a billion dollars. They did this, NY AG Letitia James says, by not disclosing the financial risks to investors in their crypto-lending program which went bankrupt last year. Gemini was […]

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The Core Problem with Cybersecurity and Privacy Laws

California just passed the delete your data law, which, once in effect, will be the do-not-call list version of opting out. The law requires brokers to check their data against the delete me list and delete any data belonging to that person if there is a match. They have to repeat the check at least […]

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OpenAI Faces Defamation Suit After ChatGPT Fabricates Lawsuit Info

Armed America Radio host Mark Walters is Suing OpenAI after their software completely fabricated a court filing saying that Walters was involved in a lawsuit filed against him for embezzling funds of the Second Amendment Foundation, a gun rights group. A so-called journalist discovered that by using ChatGPT for research and used the hallucination. The […]

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