Homeland Security has subpoenaed Twitter for the account information of an independent researcher who has been the source of a number of this site’s reports. Is this just another chapter in the war on independent researchers to try to chill speech? Or is there more to the story that we do not yet know? Zack…
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LabMD litigators on what case says about US cyber regulation
David Cohen, Douglas Meal, and Michelle Visser of Ropes and Gray, the firm that represented LabMD against the FTC, write: Representing LabMD in its successful petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has been a fascinating experience in a number of ways. One of those is what the case reinforced for…
Education Scotland order hard reset on school social networking app following major security breach
Derek Healey reports: Education Scotland is facing “very difficult questions” after being forced to order a hard reset of all passwords across its national digital learning platform following a major security breach. An email distributed to headteachers and seen by The Courier has revealed how management called for all log-ins to be scrapped after it…
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Charging LabCorp with HIPAA Violation
Fred Donovan reports: June 25, 2018 – US District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras dismissed a lawsuit by Hope Lee-Thomas accusing LabCorp of a HIPAA violation for not providing adequate privacy protections at its Providence Hospital computer intake station. Lee-Thomas argued in her lawsuit that LabCorp failed to shield her PHI from public view at its computer…
Comcast fixes another Xfinity website data leak
Zack Whittaker reports: A little-known page on Comcast’s Xfinity website was exposing customers’ account information to anyone — or any app — on a customer’s network. An anonymous security researcher dropped ZDNet an email, explaining that an API used by the internet giant could be tricked into returning customer data, including account numbers, a customer’s…
Apple comments on erroneous reports of iPhone brute force passcode hack
Rene Ritchie reports: Update: Apple has provided me with the following statement, which should close the door on speculation surrounding this purported exploit: “The recent report about a passcode bypass on iPhone was in error, and a result of incorrect testing” Yesterday, a security researcher reported on a possible brute-force passcode attack that affected iPhone…