You’ve probably heard of Alpha Bay and some other dark web marketplaces. But have you ever heard about Kick Ass Marketplace or The Stock Insiders? Mohit Kumar reports that there are dark web marketplaces where one can buy and sell stolen insider data. According to a new report from the US-based risk security firm RedOwl…
Category: Of Note
Target data breach settlement remanded by appeals court after two consumers raise concerns
It ain’t over until…. well, no body-shaming here, but Target is not out of the woods on litigation from their massive 2013 breach. Law360 is reporting: The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to send back to lower court the $10 million deal that let Target Corp. out of multidistrict litigation over its notorious 2013 data breach,…
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas pays $3.2m penalty for multiple violations of Security Rule
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, part of Children’s Health nationwide network, has paid HHS $3.2 million to settle charges stemming from multiple breaches involving ePHI and failure to comply with the Security Rule, despite notice of their shortcomings. Here’s HHS’s press release with a link to their determination: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for…
Arming Employers Against Internal Hackers, the 11th Circuit Clarifies CFAA’s “Loss” Requirement
Carol Mongtgomery of Butler Snow LLP writes: The Eleventh Circuit ruled last week in a wrongful discharge turned Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) case, spinning the employee’s case against his employer on its head. The facts of Brown Jordan International, Inc. v. Carmicle stemmed from the employment of Christopher Carmicle by Brown Jordan, a furniture manufacturer….
Developing: Shafer raided by FBI again, being detained
Justin Shafer, who was raided by the FBI in May after reporting that he found protected health information (PHI) leaking from a public FTP server, was raided by the FBI again today. Shafer, a dental technician and active researcher of patient management software systems in the dental field, routinely searches for and uncovers exposed PHI. He notifies…
Spanish Police Raided Suspects Linked to Notorious Hacker ‘Phineas Fisher’
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Police forces in Spain have raided several suspects linked to a cyberattack against the the union of the Catalan police Mossos D’Esquadra on Tuesday. That attack was carried out in May of last year by Phineas Fisher, a hacker who gained notoriety for exposing the secrets of spyware vendors FinFisher and Hacking Team. Several Spanish newspapers reported news…