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Wetware: The Major Data Security Threat You’ve Never Heard Of

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Dissent

Adam Levin reports: For the first time, according to a recent study, criminal and state-sponsored hacks have surpassed human error as the leading cause of health care data breaches, and it could be costing the industry as much as $6 billion. With an average organization cost of $2.1 million per breach, the results of the…

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The CFAA meets the “cannibal cop” in the Second Circuit — and maybe beyond

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Dissent

Orin Kerr writes: The Second Circuit held oral argument Tuesday in United States v. Valle, widely known as the “Cannibal Cop” case. There was a ton of media attention about this case at trial, including the trial judge’s decision to overturn the jury verdict for conspiracy to commit kidnapping on the ground that it was all a fantasy. HBO has already…

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OIG identifies big HHS security shortfalls

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Dissent

Erin McCann reports: The IT infrastructure office at the Department of Health and Human Services has some serious security problems. This after the office received a less than satisfactory security report card from the Office of Inspector General this week. After reviewing the security controls at HHS’ Office of Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations, or…

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FTC passes on presenting a rebuttal witness in FTC v. LabMD (Updated and Corrected)

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Dissent

The FTC will not be presenting any witness to rebut sensational testimony given by former Tiversa employee Richard (“Rick”) Wallace last week in the FTC’s data security enforcement case against LabMD. Robert Boback, CEO of Tiversa, who was accused of essentially being a fraudster and/or extortionist by his former employee, had this to say when…

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Estimated cost of breaches in 2020 is… staggering

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Dissent

According to InfoTechLead, Juniper Research’s figures put the global cost of data breaches at $2.1 trillion by 2019, and the average cost of a data breach at $150 million by 2020. Gulp.

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Follow-Up: How the University of Sydney Was Hacked

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Dissent

Back in February, we noted a hack involving the University of Sydney.  A young hacker named “Abdilo” claimed responsibility for it and noted that he had exploited an Orsee vulnerability. Last week, Chris Howell of Honi Soit followed up on the breach: Closer to home, a reliance on security through obscurity seems to be partially responsible for…

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