It’s been what – at least a decade? – since we started seeing reports of personal and corporate information left on drives that were being resold on eBay? And yet even now, 2/3 of drives contain personal or corporate data, according to a new study.
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Trying to get Maricopa County to respond to a privacy concern? Good luck with that!
As I’ve lamented (ok, bitched) many times: trying to notify an entity of a privacy or data security concern can be time-consuming and frustrating if the entity does not provide a clear means to notify them or doesn’t respond to your e-mails or calls. If you are thinking of trying to notify Maricopa County, Arizona…
Should the Careless Be Punished for Getting Hacked?
Josephine Wolff, a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, believes cybersecurity policy would benefit from a debate about if and when it might be appropriate to punish careless computer users for their role in enabling those criminals. Read more on The Atlantic while I go search for an image of a can of worms. Is…
AL governor axes officials, asks FBI for help after finding unauthorized access to state’s criminal justice database
Paul Gattis reports: Gov. Robert Bentley has fired a high-ranking official in the state department of finance and placed a second on leave after concerns of a computer security breach emerged. The breach came to light following an investigation by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, according to a letter Bentley wrote June 10 to the FBI….
LinkedIn data breach blamed for multiple secondary compromises
Steve Ragan reports: The LinkedIn compromise has been linked to a number of confirmed incidents where data exfiltration has taken place. It’s possible these incidents are only the tip of the iceberg though, as many of the organizations compromised are service providers with access to customer networks. […] Multiple industry sources have shared additional details…
UK: Firms face £20million fines for losing your private data: Report also says firms’ bosses should be penalised if businesses suffer a date breach
Ian Drury and James Solomon report: Companies will face fines of up to £20million if they lose customers’ personal data in cyber-attacks. A damning report by MPs called for watchdogs to be given the ability to hammer firms in the pocket if they fail to safeguard sensitive information. Bosses should also be penalised if their…