I’m not posting this one because I necessarily agree with it – but because I thought some readers might be interested in considering this. Brandon Vigliarolo reports: The second largest illicit market on the Dark Web, Wall Street Market (WSM) has been seized by law enforcement, and three of its alleged operators have been arrested…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Stolen NSA hacking tools were used in the wild 14 months before Shadow Brokers leak
Dan Goodin reports: On of the most significant events in computer security came in April 2017, when a still-unidentified group calling itself the Shadow Brokers published a trove of the National Security Agency’s most coveted hacking tools. The leak and the subsequent repurposing of the exploits in the WannaCry and NotPetya worms that shut down…
Tennessee diagnostic medical imaging services company pays $3,000,000 to settle breach exposing over 300,000 patients’ protected health information
There’s an update to a case I’ve been following on this blog since 2014. From HHS, this announcement: Touchstone Medical Imaging (“Touchstone”) has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations…
Cyber-attack threat is costly for Modesto schools. The total estimate may surprise you.
Ken Carlson reports: The costs of combating a recent cyber attack and securing computer services against further attacks will easily exceed $1 million for Sylvan Union School District. According to a budget study in April, the Modesto school district amassed $475,700 in costs in eradicating two cyber-attack viruses that took down essential services in the…
Finder of patient details accused by HSE of data breach
From the no-good-deed-shall-go-unpunished-until-we-find-where-we-misplaced-our-common-sense dept., Catherine Shanahan reports: A man who found sensitive patient data on a city centre street and who highlighted his concerns in the media has been accused by the HSE of a data breach. Luke Field, who found data containing patient names and details of surgical procedures on the pavement of South…
United Arab Emirates: New law regulating data in the health sector
DLA Piper writes: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government has issued Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 on the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Fields (“ICT Health Law”). The objectives of this law are to: ensure the optimal use of ICT in health fields; ensure safety and security of health…