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Ca: Data Breach Class Actions: Canadian Courts Taking a Harder Look

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Dissent

Brent J. Arnold and Alexanda Psellas of Gowling WLG write: The recent Ontario decision in Karasik v. Yahoo! Inc.,[1] suggests that while many plaintiffs’ lawyers anticipated a future of massive payouts for data breach class actions in Canada, recent court decisions predict a different course. The beginning of what may be an emerging consensus across provinces and…

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NY: Montefiore Medical Center discloses fourth insider-wrongdoing breach in seven months

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Dissent

Montefiore Medical Center in New York is notifying patients of yet another insider-wrongdoing breach. Read their press release below and then the comments after it. April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Montefiore Medical Center is notifying some patients about a security breach involving information illegally accessed by a former employee. Categories of personal information accessed varied…

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Justice Department announces court-authorized effort to disrupt exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Dissent

Action copied and removed web shells that provided backdoor access to servers, but additional steps may be required to patch Exchange Server software and expel hackers from victim networks. HOUSTON – Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States. They were…

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Welcome to DataBreaches.net, Chum1ng0!

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Dissent

Regular readers will have already noticed that many of the recent non-American breach stories have been contributed by @Chum1ng0.  I’m thrilled to say that he is now getting even more involved in submitting news items to this site. @Chum1ng0 is from Chile and is passionate about cybersecurity and following the news on cybersecurity.  I don’t…

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A chat with DarkSide

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Dissent

If you would meet us on the street – you would never realize that we are cyberpests, because we are the same normal people like everyone else. Many have families and children, the only thing that these circumstances in which we found themselves in our country are. We have no hatred and desire to cause…

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In Memoriam, Kurt Wimmer

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Dissent

One of the most important contributors to this blog will be laid to rest this morning, and I am absolutely gutted. For more than one decade, Kurt Wimmer was this blog and this blogger’s First Amendment defender and counsel. It was only with Kurt’s pro bono help and that of Jason Criss, and their colleagues…

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