First it was California (version 1 and version 2); then it was Virginia. Now it is Colorado. IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP THERE. California’s CCPA covered human resources data somewhat. CPRA covers it completely and will require HR departments to create programs to protect HR data. This includes notices at the time data is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The last presidential administration went hard after China – applying sanction after sanction, but with minimal success. They also seemed to give Russia a free pass. Many of the very public recent hacks are being attributed to Russia, including SolarWinds and Kaseya. When Biden met with Putin in Helsinki last month, the two agreed to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Flash – The Gift That Keeps on Giving Flash, that piece of garbage software that Adobe finally killed a few months ago and which, I have said, should have been killed 20 years ago, it turns out, is at the root of another supply chain hack. For many people, supply chain attacks first came to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First it was California (of course). Then it was California version 2. In 2020, things were quiet and no states joined the club. Earlier this year Virginia joined the club and today Colorado became the third state to enact a California-style or Europe-style privacy law, with some significant differences. Here are some of the key […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]WD NAS Devices Are Being Wiped Worldwide The downside of using computers beyond their end of support is that you can get hacked and all of your data can get wiped. This is what has happened to many WD My Book owners. Western Digital stopped patching them in 2015 and hackers have figured out how […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Florida’s governor Desantis, a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2024, and his Republican dominated legislature passed a bill this year designed to punish the likes of Twitter and Facebook. Unless they were very naive, they knew this law was going to be challenged in court, and likely struck down for a number of reasons. But […]
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