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Category: Commentaries and Analyses

Companies that lose sensitive information should be punished, say UK consumers

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Dissent

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…

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Transcript of Oral Argument in FTC v. Wyndham

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Dissent

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…

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Diapers.com goes above and beyond to protect customers (update 3)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Dissent

A Diapers.com customer kindly sent me a copy of the e-mail he received from them today: From: Diapers.com <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 12:09 PM Subject: An Important Message Regarding Your Account To: [redacted] Hello [redacted] This is an important message from Diapers.com At Diapers.com we take your security and privacy very seriously….

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Most malware breaches not disclosed – survey

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Dissent

I generally avoid re-posting press releases as they tend to be self-serving, but some contain interesting data. From ThreatTrack: ThreatTrack Security today published a study that reveals mounting cybersecurity challenges within U.S. enterprises. Nearly 6 in 10 malware analysts reported they have investigated or addressed a data breach that was never disclosed by their company….

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A good day for the FTC in federal court?

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Dissent

I didn’t get to Newark for oral argument on Wyndham’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s complaint about their data security, but from early media coverage tonight, it sounds like things went pretty well for the FTC. From the quotes provided in coverage by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek, it sounds like Judge Salas…

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Are we getting blasé?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Dissent

This morning, an excited tweeter urged people to nominate Adobe’s breach to the Guiness Book of World Records because it reportedly involved 150 million usernames and hashed passwords. I responded that there was already a breach on the books involving 150 million – the Shanghai Roadway D&B Marketing Services Co. Ltd breach, so at 150M,…

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