Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently signed into law House Bill 1154 (the “Bill”), which amends the state’s data breach notification law. Among other obligations, the amendments expand the required actions a business must take after becoming aware of a data security breach. Under the existing data breach notification law, a business…
Month: June 2019
$27K in restitution ordered for man who hacked Palo Alto Online
Sue Dremann reports the follow-up on a hack that occurred in 2015 and that was previously reported on this site. The 36-year-old man who hacked and temporarily shut down Palo Alto Online and other Embarcadero Media websites nearly four years ago was sentenced Wednesday in San Jose federal court to time already served, one-year of…
Hacker hits Symantec and accesses passwords
Mark Wyciślik-Wilson reports: Security firm Symantec was attacked by a hacker back in February, but the company did not reveal details of the incident. The attack has been brought to light by Guardian Australia which has seen some of the data extracted by hackers. This comprises not only passwords, but what is thought to be…
Authorities Arrest Three Suspected Admins of France’s Biggest Darkweb Market
Seen on d/darknetlive: On June 12, French law enforcement arrested the three suspected administrators of the French DeepWeb Market, the largest darkweb market in France. The administrators are facing charges in connection with the drug trafficking that took place on the site and several related crimes. Three people were detained on June 12 as part…
Jury awards patient $300k after hospital employee improperly accessed and shared her records
This is the kind of insider breach that makes patients lose confidence in hospitals. I am not surprised that the jury came down hard on the hospital. Of the $300,000 award, $295,000 is punitive damages against the hospital for not doing anything against the doctor when they were made aware of the problem. A Coffee…
Ca: Town of Oliver notifies residents of privacy breach
Colin Dacre reports: The Town of Oliver is advising residents about a privacy breach after municipal staff accidentally sent out private tax information to three email addresses. “During the process of email notification to property owners of their 2019 property tax notice, an error was made in which the attachments on emails to three individual…