The Intercept follows up on its earlier report in which a hack of Securus revealed that 70 million phone calls had been recorded – many involving what should be privileged communications between attorneys and their clients. Jordan Smith and Micah Lee report: The Intercept’s analysis, to the contrary, estimated that the hacked data included at least…
Category: Of Note
Departing Employee Taking Data from “Restricted” but Unsecured Folder Doesn’t Violate CFAA
Shawn E. Tuma writes: When an employer intends to keep a network folder restricted from employees, but fails to (1) objectively communicate this intention or (2) secure the folder from general access, an employee who accesses the folder and takes data from it does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), even if he does…
White House seeks its first ever chief information security officer
Danny Yadron reports: On Tuesday, the White House is expected to announce that it is seeking to hire its first chief information security officer, a role filled at many companies and local governments but one that has long been absent at the federal level, despite complaints for security experts and lawmakers. Read more on The…
Hacker @dotgovs releases names of more than 20,000 FBI staffers
Kevin Collier reports: A Twitter account named “Penis,” sporting a Buzz Lightyear avatar and pro-Palestinian message, has just released the names, job titles, and phone numbers of apparently more than 22,000 FBI employees and contractors. Phone calls to a number of those named indicated that yes, the names and phone numbers are indeed correct. Some refused to answer any…
Hacker Plans to Dump Alleged Details of 20,000 FBI, 9,000 DHS Employees
Joseph Cox reports: A hacker, who wishes to remain anonymous, plans to dump the apparent names, job titles, email addresses and phone numbers of over 20,000 supposed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees, as well as over 9,000 alleged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, Motherboard has learned. The hacker also claims to have downloaded hundreds…
LabMD’s answering brief captures how ridiculous FTC’s case was, and is
I’ve been relatively quiet on this blog recently about FTC v. LabMD, but having read the latter’s answering brief to FTC’s appeal of Judge Chappell’s initial decision, I would encourage everyone to read LabMD’s brief, uploaded to this site. It really hits all the points/issues that have concerned me since the FTC first announced enforcement action against…