So if you want to prove a hacking bill is a bad idea, engaging in black hat/grey hat activities may not be the best way to persuade people. Tom Corwin reports: A hacking group upset with Georgia legislation that could criminalize what they do targeted Georgia Southern University and two Augusta restaurants in an ongoing…
Category: Of Note
The Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back
Nicholas Schmidle reports: One day in the summer of 2003, Shawn Carpenter, a security analyst in New Mexico, went to Florida on a secret mission. Carpenter, then thirty-five, worked at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, on a cybersecurity team. At the time, Sandia was managed by the defense contractor Lockheed Martin. When hundreds of computers…
Supreme Court to rule in Google referrer header privacy settlement case
David Zwier reports: The US Supreme Court granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in three cases Monday, including a dispute over a settlement in a Google privacy case and a Missouri death penalty case. In Frank v. Gaos [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the question before the court is, “in what circumstances a cy pres award of…
WHEN do you have to notify by? State laws vary.
MintzLevin has updated its state data breach law matrix, as I noted previously on the page where I link to such resources. Here’s an excerpt from their matrix: Breach Notification Timeline Time After Discovery of Breach Action Required 10 Calendar Days Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs 14 Business Days Vermont AG preliminary…
Equifax has spent $242.7 million on its data breach so far
Larry Dignan reports: Equifax’s first quarter earnings report highlighted expenses due to its September 2017 data breach and how the spending is shifting more toward IT and security. In its first quarter earnings report, Equifax outlined that it spent $45.7 million for the three months ended March 31 on IT and data security. The company…
Update: Prague, Oklahoma youth pastor in computer crimes probe previously worked at GCTC
Kim Morava reports: A search warrant served Monday at a part-time youth pastor’s home in Prague is connected to a computer crimes investigation that began months ago, with authorities now indicating the person under investigation previously worked at Gordon Cooper Technology Center,where he allegedly accessed juveniles’ social media accounts. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents,…