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Invasion of the Data Snatchers: B.C. Court of Appeal Clarifies Possible Scope of Privacy Claims Against Data Custodians in Data Breaches

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Dissent

Lyann Danielak, Joshua Hutchinson, and Robin Reinertson of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP write: On July 4, 2024, the B.C. Court of Appeal issued a duo of class action appeal decisions considering the potential scope of statutory and common law privacy claims against data custodians that fall victim to cyberattacks in data breach cases. In…

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Government files its opening brief in its appeal to overturn Conor Fitzpatrick’s sentence

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Dissent

On July 29, the Department of Justice filed its opening brief in its appeal of Conor Fitzpatrick’s (“Pompompurin’s”)  sentence. The issue at the appellate level is “whether the district court abused its discretion in sentencing Fitzpatrick to a 17-day time-served sentence for possessing child pornography and creating and operating the largest English-language data breach forum…

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CrowdStrike Chaos Highlights Key Cyber Vulnerabilities with Software Updates — GAO Blog

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Dissent

From their WatchBlog: Earlier this month, a software update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused Microsoft Windows operating systems to crash—resulting in potentially the largest IT outage in history. Disruptions were widespread. Around the world, businesses and services were unable to operate as computers crashed, and some critical infrastructure sectors (like transportation, healthcare, and finance)…

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EdTech, Impersonation, and Managing Risk

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Dissent

Bill Fitzgerald (@FunnyMonkey) has written a post that I wish all school districts would read, process, and follow up on. The following is just a snippet from his post: We should assume that the KnowBe4 impersonation and the xz incident are not isolated or unique, and that there are other similar attacks underway that are…

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IBM: Cost of a breach reaches nearly $5 million, nearly $10 million for healthcare

Posted on July 30, 2024July 30, 2024 by Dissent

Jonathan Greig reports on some of the significant findings in IBM’s new survey on the cost of a breach: Businesses that fall victim to a data breach can expect a financial hit of nearly $5 million on average — a 10% increase compared to last year — according to IBM’s annual report on cybersecurity incidents….

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RADAR and DISPOSSESSOR shift to R-a-a-S model

Posted on July 30, 2024July 31, 2024 by Dissent

In April, Jim Walter of SentinelOne wrote an article about how some ransomware affiliates were teaming up with others to get paid if they had been cheated by previous partners. Perhaps the best-known recent example of this occurred after ALPHV allegedly secured a $22 million ransoms from Change Healthcare and then absconded with the money…

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