Deadspin reported that thousands of NFL players’ paper and electronic medical records dating back to 2004 were stolen from a trainer’s car when the car was broken in to and a laptop taken. The laptop was unencrypted. The Redskins admitted that a password protected, unencrypted laptop was stolen from a trainer’s locked car in Indianapolis […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A federal judge in Georgia has ruled that the class action lawsuit filed by banks against Home Depot over Home Depot’s massive 2014 breach may proceed. The judge ruled that the banks’ allegations of negligence on Home Depot’s part appear to have merit. That is probably not a great start for Team Home Depot. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Talk to Google or Facebook and they will tell you that they never met a piece of information that they did not want to add to their databases. More information means better profiles; better profiles mean that they can charge more for ads. But some Silicon Valley firms are rethinking that idea. Silicon Valley startup […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]What happens when criminals make off with $2 million in cyber currency? That is a good question. The Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin, based in Hong Kong, detected the breach on May 13th. If you put your money in the bank, those deposits are protected by Federal law in the case of fraudulent transactions and protected by […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In late 2014 Home Depot announced that hackers compromised their security and stole 50 million credit cards and another 50 million loyalty cards. 18 months later, there are still three class action lawsuits pending. One is close to settling. In a recent 10-K filing with the SEC, Home Depot said that they had spent over […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]HR 5069, the Cybersecurity Systems and Risks Reporting Act, was introduced last week in the House. It would modify Sarbanes-Oxley by adding cybersecurity reporting requirements that are missing in the current law. While there is a long road to follow between being introduced and being enacted, it might be smart to consider what the bill […]
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