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MA: Local girl with rare condition has fundraising money stolen

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dissent

Hackers stole hundreds of dollars from a bank account a young child had created to buy toys for other sick children. MyFoxBoston has the  story: Noelle Gregoire first started raising money in “Laps for Backs” after she was inspired by her own trips to Tufts Floating Hospital. Gregoire suffers from a rare degenerative spinal condition,…

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Security alert at Hover leads to password reset

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dissent

There’s not much detail yet, but Graham Cluley reports: Website domain name registrar Hover has emailed users warning of possible “unauthorised access” to one of its systems, and told them that they will not be able to log into the service until they reset their passwords. Read more on GrahamCluley.com

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Neiman Marcus Asks Full 7th Circuit to Consider Standing Ruling in Breach Suit

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dissent

Michael Beder writes: A Seventh Circuit panel that allowed a data breach suit against Neiman Marcus to proceed misapplied the Supreme Court’s precedents on standing and, “if allowed to stand, will impose wasteful litigation burdens on retailers and the federal courts,” the retailer argues in a petition filed yesterday asking the full Seventh Circuit to rehear the…

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Massachusetts Appeals Court Set to Consider Scope of Employer Liability for Employee Data Breaches

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dissent

Breton Leone-Quick writes: … The legal liability of employers for data breaches by its employees is generally an underdeveloped area of the law. But a case currently pending before the Massachusetts Appeals Court will help determine the scope of this liability in Massachusetts. In the Superior Court case, Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., No. MICV2013-01322-D (Mass….

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Facebook Hijacking Case Revived by 2nd Circuit

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dissent

Adam Klasfeld reports: In a case involving sex, cyberbullying and the statute of limitations, a schoolteacher filed her lawsuit just in time to accuse of (sic)  her ex-boyfriend of taking over her Facebook account to post obscene messages, the Second Circuit ruled on Tuesday. The court warned in its opinion that the case demonstrates the “troubling” predicament…

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Hacked e-mails: Boeing wants its drones to hack computers from the sky

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Dissent

Jacob Bogage reports: Drone have been used to drop bombs, spy on foreign countries and monitor how farmers work their fields. Now they could help hack into personal computers. According to e-mails posted by WikiLeaks, military contractors may want to do just that. Boeing and Hacking Team — a Milan-based company criticized for selling surveillance software to repressive governments — were in talks…

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