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DOJ Issues Data Breach Guidance

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Dissent

Alston & Bird write: On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) Cybersecurity Unit issued new, detailed guidance on data breach incident response best practices.  The document was announced at an invitation-only round table hosted by DOJ and provides guidance on what DOJ regards as “best practices for victims and potential…

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LabMD moves to disqualify Commissioner Ramirez from administrative case; also moves to dismiss entire case

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

As the administrative hearing in FTC v. LabMD gets closer to resuming, there have been two developments to note. The first is that LabMD has moved to disqualify Commissioner Edith Ramirez, alleging that she has been “irrevocably tainted and compromised” by her involvement in the FTC’s response to the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of Tiversa. I do not…

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Vulnerability in Magento platform put online shoppers’ data at risk for years – researchers

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Dissent

Priya Anand reports: Criminals are exploiting a vulnerability in about 87,000 e-commerce websites that puts information including customers’ stored credit-card data at risk. The online shopping websites were susceptible to a chain of weaknesses on the platform Magento, which runs on about one-third of online shops, as of Friday morning, according to the Tel Aviv,…

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Connecticut state law reveals huge extent of data privacy losses

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dissent

Mackenzie Rigg reports that since a Connecticut law requiring breaches be reported to the Attorney General was enacted on Oct. 1, 2012, more than 1,100 reports have been made to Attorney General George Jepsen’s office, including 445 in 2013 and 447 in 2014. Read more on News Times about the types of breach reports the state has…

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Out of prison and off the Internet

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dissent

Remember Higinio Ochoa (“w0rmer” or @Anonwormer) of Cabin Cr3w? This site had reported on some of their hacking activities back in the day. “Back in the day” meaning before Ochoa was arrested and went to prison. Alex Goldman has a story on Digg about Ochoa’s life as an offline programmer following his release from prison. You young…

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Congress to banks: Admit you’ve been hacked!

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Dissent

Jose Pagliery reports: Banks have lost so much consumer information to hackers this year that two members of Congress are asking them to come clean with the extent of the damage. Tuesday morning, 16 financial institutions will receive letters from Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings asking them to admit that they have…

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