The leak of more than 50 million Turkish citizens’ information in 2015 and 2016 was cause for great concern. Now Kevin Collier reports on a claimed hack involving Turkish citizens’ information that involves very sensitive personal and medical information. The hack was first reported by Hurriyet. Collier reports: A self-proclaimed member of the hacktivist group Anonymous has…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
NY: Hackers hit upstate municipalities with ransomware
In the context of a ransomware story, Brian Tumulty reports: A top Justice Department official told senators at a Wednesday hearing that more than 7,600 ransomware complaints were received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center operated by the FBI between 2005 and 2015. Nearly one-third involved incidents that occurred last year alone. “Victims reported losses totaling…
130 days, 1,500 notifications: Does Dutch breach rule foreshadow GDPR?
Lokke Moerel and Alex van der Wolk write: As we write this, it is now four months since the new data breach notification law in the Netherlands went into effect. Since 1 January 2016, data controllers are obliged to notify the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) and individuals if the security of personal data has been…
‘Invasion of privacy’: Household credit ratings made public online
Yeah, what could possibly go wrong if you make household credit ratings available to everyone online, right? Mike Duffy reports: Civil libertarians have been left outraged by a public database which shows household credit ratings. It’s information anyone can look up, all that is needed is an address. Credit rating companies keep track of past…
Firms Suffering Data Breaches Can Tap Free Customer Fraud Protection
There’s no such thing as a free lunch but there’s free fraud protection services? I don’t understand the business model here. David Weldon reports: Organizations that suffer data breaches may now be able to offer free fraud protection to their customers through a new program announced this week. Austin, Texas-based data security and analytics company…
Breach mitigation services raise other concerns
A number of commenters on this blog have raised concerns about giving their identity information to a firm that has been contracted to provide identity theft protection in the wake of a breach. The recurring theme is, “Why should I trust yet more people with my SSN?” And for how long will that firm retain…