Sergiu Gatlan reports: As reported by Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned breach notification service, the Facepunch game studio was the victim of a data breach in June 2016 which led to sensitive information of 396,650 users being exposed. […] Furthermore, the Facepunch studio said they knew about the security breach and that all people…
Category: Business Sector
ABA ethics opinion offers guidance on data breaches
Jason Tashea reports: Lawyers have to safeguard client data and notify clients of a data breach, and the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has issued a formal opinion that reaffirms that duty. In Formal Opinion 483, issued Tuesday, the standing committee also provided new guidance to help attorneys take reasonable steps to…
Equifax engineer who designed breach portal gets 8 months of house arrest for insider trading
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A former Equifax engineer who coded parts of the company’s breach notification website for last year’s security incident was sentenced this week to eight months of home confinement and restitution of ill-gotten funds after using insider information about the Equifax breach to make over $75,000 from insider trading. The sentence was passed…
Cybersecurity for Small Business: New FTC Resources
Free Webinar this Thursday: Learn about the FTC’s new cybersecurity for small business campaign, including a new website, fact sheets, quizzes and videos. Hear how to use these tools to help improve cybersecurity for small businesses. Get a glimpse of some of the topics like phishing, ransomware, email authentication, choosing a web host, physical security…
Still sending data via unencrypted thumb drives in the mail? It will cost you.
Weibrecht Law in New Hampshire recently submitted a notification to their state with this explanation of their breach: On or about Monday September 10th, our office sent an unencrypted electronic copy (“thumb drive”) of a client file via US Postal Service. The envelope that the thumb drive was sent in was received by the recipient,…
Latvian National Sentenced To Prison For “Scareware” Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website
There’s an update to a case previously reported in February that I missed last month. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota: A Latvian man was sentenced today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of…