Mary Anne Pazanowski reports: A Utah physician can proceed with several claims against a former employee who allegedly stole a computer hard drive containing patient information and used it to support a False Claims Act complaint against the physician, a federal court in the state said. Sherman Sorensen’s second amended complaint alleged enough facts to…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
A Hacker’s Scheme is “Forthright;” Thus, No Computer Fraud Coverage for Ransomware Attacks
From the good-to-know dept., Timothy A. Carroll and Joshua A. Mooney of White and Williams LLP write: A computer hacker may engage in malicious and criminal conduct, but that doesn’t mean that the conduct is “fraudulent.” In G&G Oil Company v. Continental Western Ins. Co., 2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 126 (Ind. Ct. App. Mr. 31, 2020),…
COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors (Alert (AA20-099A)
Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This alert provides information on exploitation by cybercriminal and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. It includes…
Iran’s ban on Telegram that was intended to facilitate domestic spying backfired
More than 40 million Iranians had their personal data leaked and shared with strangers because they tried to use an alternative to Telegram after their government banned its use. It’s time for Iran to lift the ban before there are more massive leaks as people go online to seek information about COVID-19. by Dissent Doe…
FBI Releases Guidance on Defending Against VTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing
From the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights FBI Releases Guidance on Defending Against VTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing 04/02/2020 11:39 AM EDT The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an article on defending against video-teleconferencing (VTC) hijacking (referred to as “Zoom-bombing” when attacks are to the Zoom VTC platform). Many organizations…
Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy and security flaws
Ainsley Harris reports: A few weeks ago, New York City’s 75,000 teachers scrambled to learn how to use videoconferencing services like Zoom as novel coronavirus cases began to rise and schools prepared to close their doors and institute remote learning. Now, the city’s teachers will have to scramble once more, after Department of Education Chancellor…