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‘Hacker’ convicted by US court despite never hacking

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dissent

Matt Brian has an interesting take on the conviction of David Nosal, which I reported yesterday on this blog: After more than a year of bouncing between appeals courts, the hacking case involving David Nosal has ended with a conviction. Wired reports that Nosal was yesterday found guilty of conspiracy, stealing trade secrets, and violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse…

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CA: Government data breached thousands of times in last decade, documents say

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dissent

Jordan Press reports: The federal government has seen more than 3,000 data and privacy breaches over the past 10 years, breaches that have affected more than 725,350 Canadians, according to documents tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The responses from departments, given to the New Democrats in response to an order paper question, also show that…

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UK security breach study should prompt retailers to consider cyber insurance, expert says

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dissent

Research commissioned by the Government has revealed that 87% of all UK SMEs and 93% of firms with more than 250 staff had experienced at least one security breach in 2012. The 2013 Information Security Breaches Survey report, (22-page / 640KB PDF) published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, also outlined a growing trend…

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APF responds to AU’s data breach notification draft bill

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dissent

The Australian Privacy Foundation has responded to Australia’s draft breach notification law.  You can read their comments here.  Not surprisingly, I agree with their concerns.

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ICO FoI response reveals massive rise in data breach fines

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dissent

Caroline Donnelly reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has stepped up its enforcement activities, by issuing double the number of data breach fines in 2012-2013 as it did in the previous 12 months. This is according to data obtained via a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by digital comms vendor ViaSat. […] Between March 2012…

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Honor among (credit card) thieves?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dissent

A Michigan State University criminologist dug into the seamy underbelly of online credit card theft and uncovered a surprisingly sophisticated network of crooks that is unique in the cybercrime domain. The thieves, Thomas Holt found, run an online marketplace for stolen credit data similar to eBay or Amazon where reputations drive sales. Thieves sell data…

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