How do you report that a laptop computer was stolen from an ambulance and not even raise the question as to whether patient data were on the laptop? Beats me.
Month: December 2012
Duchess of Cambridge could sue for privacy breach
Alecks Devic reports: The radio station at the centre of the royal hoax call scandal could face legal repercussions, including legal action from the Duchess of Cambridge over the broadcasting of her private medical details. Legal experts say the prank call was a clear breach of several laws, including those concerning listening and surveillance devices,…
Cheng v. Romo and Applying Unauthorized Access Statutes to Use of Shared Passwords
Orin Kerr writes: The federal computer crime statutes punish unauthorized access to a computer. As regular readers know, courts are hopelessly divided on what this language means, and in particular what makes an access to a computer authorized versus unauthorized. In Cheng v. Romo, 2012 WL 6021369 (D. Mass. Nov. 28 2012), Judge Casper authored an…
IT Security Service Provider Data Defence Hacked
A Self claimed leading IT security service website has become victim to hacking after hackers from a crew going by the handle @TheCrowsCrew gained access and left the site (https://www.datadefence.com/) with a new main page. The attack has happened within the last few hours and was carried out by the crows crew member @catalyst71_RJA and it…
100 Sites defaced by @UGBrazil
Hacker collective @UGBrazil has been hacking and defacing websites all weekend with regular postings via twitter. They have just now released a complete list of all sites breached which totals 100. The hack has left the sites with a new page with the Nyan Cat style in the background and a few links to the…
AU: Medical center receives ransom demand to unlock patient files
Stephanie Bedo reports on that a medical center’s worst nightmare has occurred. From Goldcoast: A Gold Coast medical centre is being held to ransom by an international computer hacker who wants $4000 to unlock thousands of patient files. The Miami Family Medical Centre has been without the patient files for more than a week after…