AFP reports: WikiLeaks on Thursday released 276,394 new documents from the hack of Sony Pictures in what could be a further embarrassment for the Japanese media and electronics group. The new release adds to more than 30,000 documents published by WikiLeaks in April. Both groups of documents can be searched on the WikiLeaks page. Read…
Month: June 2015
AU: Adobe privacy breach sparks call to move on alert laws
Sarah Martin reports: A security breach that led to the personal information of up to 1.7 million Australians being hacked — including passwords and credit card information — has fuelled calls for the government to fast-track privacy alert laws. Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has released his final report into the investigation of software giant Adobe,…
Sony Fails to Shake Data Breach Suit
Marisa Kendall reports: A federal judge ruled Monday that employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. whose personal information was exposed in last year’s data breach have standing to sue even if they can’t prove that information was used by criminals. It’s often difficult for lawyers to successfully show collective harm in data breach class actions…
Credit Unions May Disclose Breached Merchant Names
Tina Orem reports: MasterCard and Visa have confirmed to the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues that card issuers are allowed under their network rules to divulge to members the names of merchants involved in data breaches, giving credit unions and other card issuers a significant opportunity to mitigate some of the reputational damage that…
Lawmakers demand OPM chief’s resignation
Andy Medici reports: More lawmakers are calling for the Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta to step down over widely reported data breaches that exposed the personal information of millions of federal employees. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, told the Washington Post after a June 16…
The OPM Hack and the New DOD Law of War Manual
Kristen Eichensehr writes: Last Friday was a big day in cybersecurity news. OPM announced that, in addition to the compromise of the personnel information of federal employees revealed on June 4, Chinese hackers also breached a database containing millions of security clearance forms. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Potomac, the Department of Defense…