As an update to a case previously mentioned on this blog, Dow Jones Newswire reports that Attila Nemeth has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for attempting to extort Marriott International into giving him a job by illegally acquiring their confidential propietary data. Nemeth, who arguably should be considered for a role in any reality…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Hacked companies still not telling investors
Joseph Menn reports that despite SEC guidance, companies that have been hacked are still not disclosing breaches to their investors. Read more on Reuters.
MD: Social Security, some credit card numbers were stored on public USM server
Andrew Ujifusa reports: The University System of Maryland until recently had been storing information, including Social Security and some credit card numbers, of thousands of prospective students on a server that the public can access, according to a state audit this week. The revelation was among seven findings from a study conducted by the General…
Study Examines the Aftermath of Data Breaches
A press release from Experian Data Breach Resolution and the Ponemon Institute: Nearly everyday consumers willingly provide their personal information to organizations online with no hesitation, neglecting to realize how that information can be exposed due to employee negligence, insider maliciousness, system glitches or attacks by cyber criminals. With Data Privacy Day (Saturday, January 28) right…
Aussie regulator warns online traders after account breaches
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) is urging the country’s online traders to “urgently review” their account security after a wave of hacks. The watchdog says that during its regular surveillance it has “become aware of several stockbroking account intrusions involving unauthorised access and trading”. Read more on Finextra.
Commentary: Morally bankrupt hacktivism
One of the blogs that I check every day for news on data breaches is an incredible resource called cyberwarnews.info. Lee’s blog has been the source of a number of recent entries in DataLossDB. Today, Lee posted a commentary on his blog where he writes, in part: So to all the hackers, CWN continues to ask for…