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Korea grapples with massive personal data theft, regulatory mess

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Dissent

Has reliance on Internet Explorer, ActiveX, public key system combined to open ‘black hole’ in cyber security? The Korea Herald reports: A string of cyber attacks have bombarded South Korea in recent years, leading to massive leaks of personal information stored in banks, government agencies and corporations. In January 2008, hackers stole the personal data…

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Federal judge allows organizations to file amicus briefs concerning Wyndham’s motion to dismiss FTC lawsuit

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Dissent

Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A federal court judge in New Jersey on Wednesday agreed to allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations to seek the dismissal of a closely watched data breach lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Read more on Computerworld.  I’ve previously uploaded and covered some…

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NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal not always wiping data before selling devices as surplus – Audit

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Dissent

While the NYS Department of State got a clean bill of health on their disposal of devices, the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal did not fare as well in an audit of its inventory and disposal procedures.  An audit by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller, released on June 25, reports: Division of Housing…

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Nice to see positive audit results!

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Dissent

The NYS Department of State got a clean bill of health from the state’s Office of the State Comptroller in an audit of their disposal of electronic devices containing personal, private, and sensitive information. The report was issued May 13: Department of State Disposal of Electronic Devices (Issued 05/13/13) Purpose To determine if electronic devices being surplused…

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Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Releases Report on Data Breaches Reported to State in 2012

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Dissent

I love it when states publicly post the data breach notifications they receive, but California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris just raised the bar for other states by actually analyzing and reporting on the breaches involving California residents. From California’s Attorney her press release:  Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the first report detailing the…

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What do consumers expect in the way of data security and privacy protections when they sign up for a premium subscription service?

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Dissent

What do consumers expect in the way of data security and privacy protections when they sign up for a premium subscription service? I was reading up on the class action lawsuit against LinkedIn following their breach last year, and discovered that the plaintiff had retained Serge Egelman, who conducted two new surveys in April on…

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