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Hong Kong government praised for world-leading data protection protocols despite weaknesses exposed by hacking of VTech

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Dissent

Jack Liu reports: As Hong Kong reels from last month’s hacking of children’s toy maker VTech, global telecoms experts say the city is still one of the world’s leading lights in terms of the importance it places on protecting data privacy. “Hong Kong is at or near the top of the list in addressing the cyber security privacy…

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Personal data of Dutch telecom providers extremely poorly protected: how I could access 12+ million records #phonehousegate

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Dissent

Words fail. Just read this post by Sijmen Ruwhof.

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Companies fail to report breaches more often than realized

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Dissent

Jigsaw Security Analytics posted an interesting report today. Over the past few months we have been silently collecting data and comparing news articles to actual data that our OSINT-X platform has been monitoring. […] We setup a  quick test plan and implemented the plan in OSINT-X to basically read news articles, pull out any references…

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Settlement Proposed in Maricopa County Community College District Data Breach Litigation

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Dissent

NOTE: Do NOT contact me about this settlement or expect me to help you file a claim or anything. I am just a breach blogger/citizen journalist and advocate, but I am not your advocate. Do NOT post your details in comments, either. Follow the directions on the post card you received or go to http://www.mcccdclassaction.kroll.com and follow…

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AU: Telcos and security agencies exempted from data breach rules in draft bill

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Dissent

Paul Farrell reports: Australian law enforcement agencies and telcos that suffer certain types of data breaches are likely to be exempt from rules requiring them to notify the people affected, under a draft bill. The federal government published on Thursday an exposure draft of mandatory data breach laws that would compel Australian companies – and in some…

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State law claims in Anthem breach tossed because ERISA pre-empts

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Dissent

And yet another blow to would-be plaintiffs in data breach litigation: you can’t raise claims under state law if ERISA applies and covers all the claims. Joe Lustig reports: For the second time this year, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that state law claims arising from Anthem’s February data…

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