Dion Dassanayake reports: Pirate Bay users are being warned about a torrent security flaw that could expose your computer to being remotely controlled by cybercriminals. The Pirate Bay fans need to double check which BitTorrent client they are using to manage downloads from the world’s most popular torrent site. If they have the Transmission BitTorrent…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
FR: CNIL issues new data security guidelines
On January 23, 2018, the French data protection authority (the CNIL) published new guidelines on the security of personal data (updating its previous security guide published in 2010 available in English) , providing practical recommendations in the form of “Do’s and Dont’s” to help businesses implement appropriate measures to protect personal data in compliance with…
U.S. Supreme Court Watch: Whether to Resolve Circuit Split on Standing for Data Breach Plaintiffs
Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker and Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap write: At its first conference this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to weigh in on a Circuit split over standing to sue in the aftermath of a data breach. In CareFirst, Inc. v. Attias, No. 17-641, CareFirst is petitioning the Court to…
Massachusetts AG Healey Launches Online Data Breach Reporting Portal
Note the last paragraph in the following press release. We’ll have a bit more ready transparency about breaches reported to Massachusetts, but in terms of numbers, we will only see the number of Massachusetts residents affected. That’s still better than what we have right now, though, so good news! BOSTON – Making it easier and more…
Court Declines to Dismiss Claims Against Business Associate Subcontractor Responsible for HIPAA Breach
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Press America, Inc., 2018 WL 318479 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) A federal court has declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) against a mail service that violated the HIPAA privacy rule when it misaddressed mail and improperly disclosed protected health information (PHI) of 41 individuals. The PBM, which…
Logs audit reveals The Peds in Las Vegas suffered insider-wrongdoing breach in 2014
There is so much wrong with this one that although I give them great credit for admitting they had a breach four years ago that they first discovered, I find their notification quite concerning. From The Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Specialists, 5235 South Durango #103, Las Vegas, NV 89113: On 11 January 2018, during an audit of…