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Clayton Valley Charter attorney asks newspaper to return hacked files if obtained

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Dissent

Matthias Gafni has an update to a hack previously noted on this blog: An attorney for Clayton Valley Charter High School has shed new light on the extent of documents hacked from the school’s executive director. In an email sent Tuesday to reporters at this newspaper, attorney Paul Minney wrote that records obtained through a…

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Manager at Video Game Maker Accused of Trade Secret Theft

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Dissent

Danny Yadron reports: A manager at a maker of a popular videogame was arrested last week as he tried to board a plane for Beijing after allegedly stealing trade secrets, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday. Jing Zeng, 42 years old, of San Ramon, Calif., allegedly downloaded data on how users interact with Game of…

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Casad Company Inc. Suffers Data Breach

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Dissent

ASI reports: Ohio-based Casad Company Inc., which runs the website totallypromotional.com, was the victim of a data breach in June and July, with hackers accessing the names, mailing and email addresses, and credit and debit card information for an undisclosed number of customers, according to documents posted online by the Office of the Attorney General…

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Psychiatrist leaves desktop with PHI in trunk of his car, and…. yes.

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Dissent

Robert E. Soper, M.D. is notifying current and former patients: During a visit to San Francisco On June 27 my car was broken into and my computer stolen, along with camera, suitcases, and other equipment. The computer was an older office desktop I planned to give to my brother. It was hidden in the trunk….

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Pentagon unveils new rules requiring contractors to disclose data breaches

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Dissent

Aliya Sternstein reports: New sweeping defense contractor rules on hack notifications take effect today, adding to a flurry of Pentagon IT security policies issued in recent years. Just this month, the Office of Management and Budget proposed guidelines to homogenize the way vendors secure data governmentwide. The Defense Department had already released three other policies that dictate how military vendors…

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Ninth Circuit overturns CFAA verdicts for misusing databases

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Dissent

Orin Kerr writes: The Ninth Circuit has handed down United States v. Christensen, a case that touches on a bunch of computer crime issues that include the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The court overturned CFAA convictions for employee misuse of a sensitive database. I think that result is correct, although I’m…

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