Attorneys at Ropes & Gray, the law firm representing LabMD in LabMD vs. FTC, write: On June 6, 2018, at the urging of Ropes & Gray, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated an order that the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) had imposed on LabMD, Inc. (“LabMD”) to overhaul the cancer…
Category: Of Note
There’s a big problem for the FTC lurking in 11th Circuit’s LabMD data-security ruling
Alison Frankel writes about what she calls the less obvious takeaway from the 11th Circuit’s LabMD opinion: FTC enforcement actions for unfair practices cannot be based just on consumer injury, even “substantial” injury. This is going to get wonky, but, trust me, it’s what cybersecurity defense lawyers are already buzzing about. Read more on Reuters….
Facebook bug set 14 million users’ sharing settings to public
Heather Kelly reports: For a period of four days in May, about 14 million Facebook users around the world had their default sharing setting for all new posts set to public, the company revealed Thursday. The bug, which affected those users from May 18 to May 22, occurred while Facebook was testing a new feature….
BREAKING NEWS: Eleventh Circuit vacates FTC order against LabMD
The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s order: This is an enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) against LabMD, Inc., alleging that LabMD’s data- security program was inadequate and thus constituted an “unfair act or practice” under Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade…
Feds say they caught ‘Vigilance’ hacker who broke into several state databases
Chao Xiong reports: A young hacker reeling from the Philando Castile case and the acquittal of the officer who killed him broke into several state databases last year and boasted about his exploits. “An innocent man is dead, while a guilty man is free,” the hacker, known as “Vigilance” tweeted in part last year. The…
MyHeritage Genealogy Site Announces Mega Breach Affecting 92 Million Accounts
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Family genealogy and DNA testing site MyHeritage announced on Monday a security breach during which an attacker made off with account details for over 92 million MyHeritage users. In a statement on its website, MyHeritage said it became aware of the incident on Monday, the same day of the announcement. The incident…