There has been another development in a data breach involving the Sachem Central School District on Long Island (previous coverage here and here). As I commented previously, it sounded to me like they suspected an insider breach but it wasn’t clear if it was an employee or a student hacker they suspected. Well, now we…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
The Ramifications of a Security Breach
Another survey. Scott Koller writes: From hackers to stolen laptops, security breaches have been on the rise. While most businesses are aware of the dangers associated with potential security breaches, few truly understand the full ramifications. Calculating the time and money spent on investigations and notifications is fairly straight forward but measuring the damage to…
Authorities investigating cybersecurity incidents targeting Obamacare website
The Chicago Tribune reports: U.S. authorities are investigating a series of cybersecurity incidents targeting the HealthCare.gov website at the center of President Obama’s healthcare law, a U.S. homeland security official told Congress on Wednesday. Roberta Stempfley, acting assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, said her department was aware of “about…
UAE Muslim Brotherhood trial: ‘Secret data stolen from flash drive’
Seen in a report by Abdulla Rasheed on a case in Abu Dhabi: The first witness, an officer at the National Security Department, said one of the accused stole some important secret information related to state security from his flash drive. He said he was also a member of the board of Hatta Sports Club…
Companies that lose sensitive information should be punished, say UK consumers
brossi writes: UK consumers have called for tougher punishments for companies that lose sensitive information. The vast majority of the 1,000 UK consumers surveyed in a OnePoll study for LogRhythm said not enough is being done to uniformly penalize organisations that suffer data loss. Furthermore, two-thirds of respondents said there should be legislation forcing organisations…
Transcript of Oral Argument in FTC v. Wyndham
Cross-posted from the mother ship, PogoWasRight.org: I splurged and purchased a copy of the transcript of Thursday’s oral argument in FTC v. Wyndham . You can download it here (PDF, 561kB, 186 pp.). Consider it an early holiday gift from PogoWasRight.org to you. I look forward to reading everyone’s reactions after we’ve all had time to read it. I…