And irony meters everywhere explode. Graham Cluley explains.
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
World’s Biggest Data Breaches
Interesting visualization of world’s largest data breaches. This blog was one of the sources used to produce the visualization.
Korea grapples with massive personal data theft, regulatory mess
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…
Federal judge allows organizations to file amicus briefs concerning Wyndham’s motion to dismiss FTC lawsuit
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…
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal not always wiping data before selling devices as surplus – Audit
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…
Nice to see positive audit results!
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…