One question that occasionally pops up is how often businesses go out of business after or due to a data breach. My answer to that is “not often,” but we do it occasionally. In some cases, the breach may just have been a final straw for an already shaky business. Yesterday, during a webinar with…
Category: U.S.
Private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for sale
Andrei Zakharov reports: Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users’ accounts. The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell, although there are reasons to be sceptical about that figure. Facebook said…
Virginia Hospital Must Answer for Snooping Employees’ Privacy Breach
From Bloomberg Law: A Virginia health-care system will have to answer claims that it is liable for its employees’ snooping into a patient’s confidential health information. A Virginia trial court shouldn’t have dismissed Lindsey Parker’s complaint alleging Carilion Healthcare Corp. and Carilion Clinic should be held liable for their employees’ wrongdoing, the Virginia Supreme Court…
Radisson Rewards confirms data breach
Mark Caswell reports: Radisson Hotel Group has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach on affecting “a small percentage of our Radisson Rewards members”. Business Traveller was alerted to the incident by one of our readers, who had received an email from Radisson confirming that his details had been compromised. Radisson says that it…
Central New York Schools Struggle with Ongoing Cyberattacks
Elizabeth Doran reports: More than 50 Central New York school districts have been hit with nine cyber attacks so far this year, the most recent attack occurring on Oct. 4, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said today. Schumer, speaking at the Central New York Regional Information Center in in DeWitt today, said he is sending a…
U.S. charges Chinese spies and their recruited hackers in conspiracy to steal trade secrets
Ellen Nakashima reports: The Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed charges against 10 Chinese spies, hackers and others accused of conspiring to steal sensitive commercial airline and other secrets from U.S. and European companies. The indictment marks the third time since September that the United States has brought charges against Chinese intelligence officers and their recruits…