Sometimes even if you try to be safe, it doesn’t work the way you want. Fiserv provides banking software to over a third of all banks. They have 24,000 employees and almost $6 billion in revenue. Many of its client banks are smaller banks and credit unions, but some large banks use Fiserv too. Apparently, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]O P I N I O N Law enforcement in general and the FBI in particular have been talking about the “going dark” problem caused by encryption on phones. Except, maybe, that isn’t the biggest problem that law enforcement is facing. The Center for Strategic and International Studies just released a study based on interviews […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers have figured out that stealing people’s phone numbers is easier and more profitable than stealing their phone (in part because they don’t have to be anywhere near you or your phone in order to steal the number). Recently I wrote about a bitcoin investor (AKA speculator) who is suing AT&T for $240 million because […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Adams County, Wisconsin is now facing a crisis of confidence and likely some lawsuits as well. Why? On March 28, 2018, the county says, it uncovered “questionable activity” on county computer systems. Three months later, in late June, their investigation was complete. The result: 258, 120 people had their data illegally accessed. Data included protected […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Judge Koh, who has been involved in many high profile high tech lawsuits such as Apple v. Samsung, gave final approval to a $115 million settlement for damages as a result of the Anthem breach. While this is only one lawsuit – I am sure there are others – it is important if only for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let’s assume that you are a major international airport that moves 45 million passengers and 97,000 tons of cargo a year, Then let’s say you have some form of IT failure. How do you communicate with your customers? At London’s Gatwick airport, apparently your DR plan consists of trotting out a small white board and […]
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