Ralph C. Losey of Jackson Lewis writes: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) is an anti-hacker statute that prohibits unauthorized access, or the exceeding of authorized access, of computers connected to interstate commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 1030. Violators are subject to both criminal and civil liability. Employers have long taken advantage of the CFAA’s civil remedies to “sue former employees…
Month: March 2014
Ohio AG seeks harsher ID theft penalties for those victimizing service members
The AP reports: Ohio’s attorney general and two state lawmakers are pushing for harsher penalties against scammers who commit identity fraud and other theft crimes against active-duty service members and their spouses. The bill from Republican state Reps. Mike Dovilla and Terry Blair amends the current identity fraud and theft laws to increase penalties for…
NYC transit agency has data breach
AP reports: The personal information of approximately 15,000 New York City Transit Authority workers has been found on a compact disc inside a refurbished computer sold by a retailer. Authorities are investigating how the CD found its way into the computer drive. Read more on My San Antonio.
Info on Detroit Medical Center Harper University Hospital patients found in employee's possession during ID theft investigation
JC Reindl reports: A Detroit Medical Center employee was found in possession of personal information of 1,087 patients at DMC’s Harper University Hospital, the hospital system said today. In a statement, DMC said that documents containing the patients’ names, personal health information, date of birth and, in some cases, Social Security numbers were discovered in…
Did the CIA Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by Accessing Intelligence Committee Computers?
Orin Kerr writes: Senator Feinstein recently claimed that the CIA may have violated the federal computer hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, by searching computers used by the Intelligence Committee to conduct CIA oversight. Based on the facts we know so far, I’m skeptical of the claim that the CIA violated the statute. This post…
KR: Investigating the financial regulators – did they do enough?
While South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) continues to deal with massive breaches in the financial sector, the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea will now be investigating them: The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea began an inspection of the country`s financial watchdog agency Wednesday over a large-scale theft of customer information from…