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DCLeaks was a conspiracy to get Trump elected, but wait until you hear these Russian hackers’ motivation!

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Dissent

Sometimes a story just lands in your lap that is so incredible that you can’t believe it, but it’s such a great story that you can’t just ignore it, either.  Sometimes you wind up debunking it, sometimes you wind up confirming it, and sometimes, you take the story as far as you can and still…

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Data Privacy Event Affects UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dissent

UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan is providing notice of a recent data event that may have affected the security of personal information relating to current and former UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan participants. On or around July 21, 2016, UFCW was the victim of a ransomware attack.  UFCW immediately began…

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Court grants stay in FTC v. LabMD

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dissent

The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has granted LabMD’s request for a stay of FTC’s final order in FTC v. LabMD. From the opinion: First, it is not clear that a reasonable interpretation of § 45(n) includes intangible harms like those that the FTC found in this case. As the FTC Opinion said, § 45(n)…

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IN: Madison County pays ransom on advice of insurer

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dissent

Well, this is interesting: a media report says that a county’s insurer advised them to pay a ransomware demand. Ken de la Bastide reports: On the advice of their insurance company Madison County officials are moving forward to pay the ransom demands by a unknown group that attacked the county’s computer system. Madison County was…

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Yahoo hack: Yahoo said its employees knew about the hack in 2014

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dissent

ITPro reports: In a securities filing on Wednesday, Yahoo said some of its employees knew that a “state-sponsored actor” had broken into its network two years ago. This was the attack that led to theft of data such as names, dates of birth and passwords associated with more than 500 (sic) accounts. It’s considered to be one…

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MI: Confidential information put at risk, state auditors say

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dissent

Justin A. Hinkley reports: The state did not properly secure certain confidential records that included Social Security numbers, tax information and personal health information, state auditors reported Thursday. Auditors found no instances of a security breach at the state Department of Technology, Management & Budget’s Records Management Services, but found several issues that put Michiganders’ personal information…

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