DataBreaches.net has previously reported on the case of Mathew Hutchison, a young Australian who found himself on the wrong side of the law for attempting to redirect the Indonesian faction of Anonymous away from businesses and not-for-profits in Australia. Hutchison ran afoul of Australian law because videos that he uploaded to YouTube in the name of #OpAustralia and chats…
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Hundreds of Millions of Android Smartphones hit with ‘Certifi-gate’ Security Breach
According to the researchers at security firm Check Point, “Hundreds of millions of Android smartphones may be at risk from a security flaw that allows hackers to hijack a handset without a victim’s knowledge. Devices made by Samsung, HTC, LG and ZTE, including those running the latest version of Android, are potentially vulnerable. Check point…
Advanced Data Processing/Intermedix sued over 2012 insider breach
Remember the Advanced Data Processing/Intermedix insider breach of 2012 where a rogue employee provided ambulance patient identity information to others involved in a tax refund fraud scheme? I had covered it on PHIprivacy.net (cf here and here for just two of the posts) and also on this site (cf, this post). In reporting on the breach, one of the…
UPDATE: Russia thought to be behind attack on Pentagon Joint Chief of Staff email system
Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski report: U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks. According to the officials, the “sophisticated cyber intrusion” occurred sometime around July 25 and affected some 4,000 military…
Little progress made in FOIA lawsuit against FTC over data security standards
On May 14, I noted an article in Legal Times about a FOIA lawsuit filed by Philip Reitinger against the FTC. Reitinger sued the FTC after it returned no responsive documents to his FOIA request of November, 2014. Reitinger originally sought: Any and all documents including memoranda, communications, decisions, deliberations, and analyses regarding standards, guidelines, or…
Internet firms to be subject to new cybersecurity rules in EU
Julia Fioretti reports: Internet firms such as Cisco, Google and Amazon will be subject to a new EU cybersecurity law forcing them to adopt tough security measures and possibly report serious breaches to national authorities, according to a document seen by Reuters. The so-called Network and Information Security Directive has been stuck in talks between…