Lydia Beyoud reports: The CFPB is ready to shape the next phase of open banking in the U.S. as it develops standards for how vast amounts of consumer financial data is shared among banks, fintech apps, and data transfer companies. Financial data sharing has been largely left in private-sector hands, but the Consumer Financial Protection…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Data Breach Cases: An Analysis of Standing and Best Causes of Action
Edward T. Kang writes: Despite the rules and security measures that many organizations put in place to protect the personal information of their clients or customers, sensitive information may still fall prey to hackers and other kinds of breaches. Those affected may seek counsel to aid in bringing suit to hold an entity liable for…
Amazon’s Pharmacy Venture Opens New Privacy, Security Law Risks
Jacquie Lee and Jake Holland report: Amazon’s push into delivering prescription drugs puts it in the crosshairs of everyone from state attorneys general to data thieves—who will all be scrutinizing how the e-commerce giant protects sensitive patient information. Amazon’s new online pharmacy business will sell brand and generic prescription medications that consumers can buy through their insurance…
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open… for years
Danny Bradbury reports: Two separate internet affiliate networks have closed vulnerabilities that exposed potentially millions of records in one of the most sensitive areas: payday loans. US-based software engineer Kevin Traver contacted us after he found two large groups of short-term loan websites that were giving up sensitive personal information via separate vulnerabilities. These groups…
Tesla Model X Has Flaw Allowing It to Be Hacked and Stolen
Well, now that this story has been picked up by Car and Driver, expect a lot more attention to be paid to this by both white hats and not-so-white hats. Roberto Baldwin reports: Automakers work hard to reduce the possibility that hackers can steal their cars. But, it’s an ongoing battle between the people who…
CT: Griffin Hospital website taken down in major ransomware incident
Alexander Soule reports that the Managed.com ransomware attack has indirectly impacted Griffin Hospital, although thankfully, no patient data was involved: Griffin Health has cobbled together an alternative website at griffinhealthct.org while it deals with the issue, with the telephone switchboard remaining operable at 203-735-7421. Read more on MSN.com. So far, we have no data on how…