Kathianne Boniello reports: Data pirates beware: A Manhattan real-estate company has you in its sights. Reis Services LLC, which runs a database of commercial properties in more than 7,000 neighborhoods across the country, wants a court to unmask the information thief who has been accessing its proprietary reports for free, according to a Manhattan federal…
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Expert predicts 400 church leaders will resign because their names surfaced in Ashley Madison data dump
Relevant writes: The Ashley Madison hack will have a serious effect on churches. According to Ed Stetzer, as many as 400 pastors, deacons, elders and church staff members may resign this Sunday after their names surfaced on the list of users revealed in the Ashley Madison hack. In a post on his Christianity Today blog, The Exchange, Stetzer…
Duty of confidentiality trumps your desire to defend your reputation
Remember when Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional Medical Center were fined by federal and state agencies for breaching patient privacy? They had willfully disclosed patient details to the media after the media had reported the patient’s complaint about them. At the time, I noted that just because a patient discloses information, that does not give the covered entity the…
Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman resigns after third leak of emails
Sam Thielman reports: The chief executive of extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison has left the company after a third leak of emails and suggestions that he had affairs despite earlier denials. “Effective today, Noel Biderman, in mutual agreement with the company, is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Avid Life Media Inc (ALM) and is no…
FBI updates PSA on Business Email Scam
This Public Service Announcement (PSA) is an update for the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) PSA I-012215-PSA posted on www.IC3.gov and includes new information and updated statistical data as of August 2015. DEFINITION Business Email Compromise (BEC) is defined as a sophisticated scam targeting businesses working with foreign suppliers and/or businesses that regularly perform wire transfer payments. The…
Manager at Video Game Maker Accused of Trade Secret Theft
Danny Yadron reports: A manager at a maker of a popular videogame was arrested last week as he tried to board a plane for Beijing after allegedly stealing trade secrets, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday. Jing Zeng, 42 years old, of San Ramon, Calif., allegedly downloaded data on how users interact with Game of…