Tim Cushing reports: Indispensable organization Privacy International has filed a legal challenge against GCHQ’s hacking of computers and devices, seeking to use the UK government’s own Computer Misuse Act against its national security agency. Much like the (frequently maligned) CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) here in the US, the CMA prohibits unauthorized access of computers as well as knowingly…
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Retail industry to share data breach information
Tiffany Hsu reports: Retail heavyweights such as J.C. Penney, Gap, Nike and Walgreen are joining forces with the Retail Industry Leaders Assn. to try to protect the industry from hackers and other cybercriminals. On Wednesday the companies and the trade group launched an intelligence-sharing center designed to prevent the kind of data breach that struck…
The Anatomy of an FTC Privacy and Data Security Consent Order
Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog write: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered into a consent order with the media service Snapchat for not living up to its promises about how it maintains the privacy and security of user’s data. The FTC order prohibits Snapchat from “misrepresenting the extent to which it maintains the privacy, security, or confidentiality of…
KR: Sanctioned card firms to resume operation this week, but suspension really cost them
Yonhap News Agency reports that although financial regulators are about to lift the 3-month suspension for new sign-ups they imposed on three credit card firms over data breaches, the suspension cost the firms a combined $117,000,000.00 and may cost their top executives their jobs: According to the officials, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will lift…
Ca: New rules to require immediate warnings when health data breached
Keith Gerein reports: Outrage over the handling of Alberta’s largest-ever breach of private health information has prompted new legislation that will force companies to immediately raise the alarm if a similar incident happens again. Health Minister Fred Horne said amendments to the Health Information Act will require custodians of health information to disclose any breach…
Former Navy nuclear aircraft systems administrator charged with hacking
Yesterday, the United States charged two men for their participation in a conspiracy to hack into the computer systems of over 30 public and private organizations, including the United States Navy and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The single-count Information alleges that Nicholas Paul Knight, 27, of Chantilly, Virginia, and Daniel Trenton Krueger, 20, of Salem, Illinois,…