Right after Yahoo announced all of the different breaches, the expectation was that Verizon merger offer would be modified or totally go away. Well, there is some news and it is probably not as bad as it could be. Many people were suggesting that the price would go down by a billion dollars and that Verizon […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]At least in Pennsylvania, a court says the answer is no. Here are the details. The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center was hacked and employee’s personal information was taken and used to file phony tax refunds. Information taken included names, socials, birth dates, addresses and salaries. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that employees […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Memorial Healthcare Systems in Florida was fined $5.5 million for allowing the information of about 115,000 patients to be accessed “impermissibly”. Memorial, which operates 6 hospitals, an urgent care center, a nursing home and other healthcare facilities in South Florida, reported the breach in 2012 – 5 years ago – after it discovered the problem. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to a study by the mega-consulting firm Capgemini, only 21% of banking and insurance executives were highly confident in their ability to detect a breach, never mind defend against one. On the other hand, 83% of consumers trust their bank’s and insurance company’s ability to protect their data. So 4 out of 5 […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I think this falls into the category of “well, what did you expect?”. I don’t have a particular stance on this issue; for me it is just an interesting view into our society and the fact that many people are oblivious to the consequences of their actions. In addition, there are clear actions these people […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Unlike the very public fight between the FBI and Apple, the U.S. Government has made many quiet attempts to force tech companies to turn over source code and private encryption keys. In some cases, this was done via civil cases sealed by the court, but in other cases, it was done via a secret order […]
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