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Del. AG announces four privacy bills

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Dissent

Legal News Line reports: Delaware state legislators and Attorney General Matt Denn on Friday announced four bills that he says will help strengthen privacy laws when it comes to the Internet and social media. … The bills would tackle four different areas of online activity including: a Victim Online Privacy Act, a Delaware Online Privacy and…

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“KYAnonymous,” the hacker who exposed Steubenville rapists, may get more prison time than the rapists

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Dissent

M. David reports: Deric Lostutter, the 26-year-old “hacktivist” who leaked the evidence that led to the conviction of two of the Steubenville, Ohio rapists is now facing more time behind bars than the rapists he exposed. The Steubenville Rape Case made national headlines when a video made by the rapists themselves, and their friends, proved that their victim…

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‘Aaron’s Law’ focuses penalties on malicious hackers

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

Cory Bennett reports: Aaron’s Law is back in Congress. Named for Aaron Swartz — the programmer and digital activist who took his life while facing data theft charges — the bill would ease punishments stemming from the law under which Swartz was charged, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) is backing…

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No evidence that any data removed from system: Premera

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

On April 18, DataBreaches.net addressed a question raised by some as to whether the Premera breach had resulted in any tax refund fraud or other types of fraud. At the time of posting, Premera had not responded to the inquiries sent to them. Today, DataBreaches.net received the following answers: 1. Does Premera now have any evidence…

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VA report for March, 2015

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

From their statistics: Intrusion Attempts (Blocked): 358,163,688 Malware (Blocked/Contained): 1,190,896,611 Suspicious/Malicious Emails (Blocked): 81,343,076 Outgoing Unencrypted Emails: 1,136 Associated Privacy/Security Events 18,589 Total Emails Blocked Lost and Stolen Device Incidents: 50 Lost PIV Cards: 154 Mishandled Incidents: 105 Mis-mailed Incidents: 165 Paper Mis-mailings, 7 Pharmacy-item Mis-mailings out of 7,465,613 Total Mailings In terms of specific incidents reported, a cooler containing lab specimens…

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Unauthorized access on Minnesota CHOICE site

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

Oops. Krystal Frazier reports:  The Minnesota Department of Corrections has found an error on the Minnesota CHOICE site which allowed 151 people who self-identified as criminal justice professionals, unauthorized access to the names and contact information of up to 7,000 individuals who have registered to use the site. Read more on NorthlandNewsCenter.com.

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