I’m not in the 1% on wealth. I’m not in the 47% who reportedly don’t pay federal taxes. I am, however, among those who still have no power or light thanks to the incompetence and mismanagement of Long Island Power. I hope Governor Cuomo and my county do something about LIPA’s ignoring our towns for…
Author: Dissent
A Sandy-induced hiatus
Well, we made it through super-storm Sandy, but 90% of my area has been without power and current predictions are that it will be 10 days to get power, phone, cable back. Ugh. I drove 20 miles just to borrow a connection to post this. Double-ugh. I’ll be back when I can.
A Sandy-induced hiatus
Well, we made it through super-storm Sandy, but 90% of my area has been without power and current predictions are that it will be 10 days to get power, phone, cable back. Ugh. I drove 20 miles just to borrow a connection to post this. Double-ugh. I’ll be back when I can.
What sense can we make of some statistics?
Here’s a useful example of why my eyes glaze over at times when trying to make sense of breach statistics. Tim Smith of the Greenville News recently reported: South Carolina state agencies and businesses over a three-year period reported dozens of computer security breaches that potentially could affect at least 410,000 people, a report obtained…
What will Congress do now that it knows about numerous breaches involving Experian? And what will the FTC do?
Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg News provides media attention to a problem I’ve noted previously on this blog – that Experian suffers a lot of data breaches* where a client’s login is compromised and misused by unauthorized individuals. His coverage will hopefully inform national conversations about transparency, consumer protection, and breach notification. First is the issue…
Experian Customers Unsafe as Hackers Steal Credit Report Data
Jordan Robertson reports: When hackers broke into computers at Abilene Telco Federal Credit Union last year, they gained access to sensitive financial information on people from far beyond the bank’s home in west-central Texas. The cyberthieves broke into an employee’s computer in September 2011 and stole the password for the bank’s online account with Experian Plc,…