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NY SHIELD Act Data Security Requirements Effective This Month

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Dissent

Julia K. Kadish of Sheppard Mullin writes: Businesses collecting personal information from New York residents will soon be expected to apply enhanced data security requirements. The New York SHIELD Act, signed into law in July 2019, expanded breach notice requirements in October 2019. Now, On March 21, 2020, the remaining provisions related to data security will…

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All bets off as children’s data is leaked

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Dissent

ITPro reports: The way that the Department for Education (DfE) handles sensitive data on children and students needs a thorough independent investigation, experts argue, following revelations that one of its datasets had been used to help betting companies target new customers. The data scare was flagged in an investigation by The Sunday Times, but IT Pro’s sister…

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Alleged Russian hacker on trial Monday for 2012 LinkedIn, Dropbox hacks

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Dissent

Laura Hautala reports: Everyone makes cybersecurity mistakes. Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national accused of some of the biggest hacks in recent history, is no exception, prosecutors say. Nikulin allegedly stole millions of usernames and passwords by breaching systems at LinkedIn, DropBox and Formspring in 2012. He also attempted to sell hacked information on online black…

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PA: Liability claim remains against UPMC Susquehanna in medical records ‘snooping ‘ case

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Dissent

John Beauge reports: A Lycoming County judge has refused to dismiss a vicarious liability claim against UPMC Susquehanna that is being sued because an employee accessed the medical records of a co-worker without authorization. Judge Eric R. Linhardt on Wednesday rejected UMPC’s claim it was not liable because Taylor Fausnaught failed to state any claim…

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US property and demographic database of 200 million records leaked on the web

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Dissent

Paul Bischoff reports: An exposed online database consisting of some 200 million records included a wide range of sensitive personal and demographic data about residents and their properties. Homeowners were identified as well as info about their credit ratings, net worth, and income, among other details. At this time we have not been able to…

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Ransomware Attackers Use Your Cloud Backups Against You

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: Backups are one the most, if not the most, important defense against ransomware, but if not configured properly, attackers will use it against you. Recently the DoppelPaymer Ransomware operators published on their leak site the Admin user name and password for a non-paying victim’s Veeam backup software This was not meant to expose the…

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