T. Keung Huia reports: A former Wake County high school student who hacked into his school’s computer system to change grades had his criminal charges dismissed Wednesday after he repaid the school district and completed community service. Saivamsi Krishna Hanumanthu was a 17-year-old senior at Panther Creek High School in Cary in February 2016 when…
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Can Law Firms Sue NSA for Data Breaches? Lawyers Say Good Luck
Cogan Schneier reports: Hackers may have used NSA tools to execute this week’s global cyberattack, but lawyers say it would be nearly impossible for the victims, which include law firms, to sue the agency. The attack, which crippled operations at DLA Piper offices in Europe and across the United States, had something in common with…
3 things your school should know about Missouri State Auditor’s emphasis of cybersecurity
Jason Schwent and Melissa Ventrone of Thompson Coburn LLP write: Since being appointed in April of 2015, Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has consistently made cybersecurity a priority for her office. Ms. Galloway has focused on cybersecurity throughout all components of Missouri government, whether reviewing the security of the State’s vital records, auditing the case and…
Matthew Keys’ guilty verdict and sentence to stand, 9th Circuit rules
Cyrus Farivar reports: A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and two-year sentence of the California journalist who was found guilty under a federal anti-hacking law last year. On Monday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it was not persuaded by arguments made by Matthew Keys’ defense attorneys. In a hearing…
Irony: When blackhats are our only source of disclosure for some healthcare hacks (Update1)
“We’ll not be caught, ever.” — TheDarkOverlord, June 21, 2017 At this rate, the criminals known as TheDarkOverlord may be right. But if they escape accountability for their criminal acts, what about those who were responsible for securing our protected health information? Have they also escaped accountability and will they continue to escape accountability? Since…
Google Will Now Remove Private Medical Records From Search Results
Mark Bergen reports: Alphabet Inc.’s Google has quietly decided to scrub an entire category of online content — personal medical records — from its search results, a departure from its typically hands-off approach to policing the web. Google lists the information it removes from its search results on its policy page. On Thursday, the website…