Joanne Shuttleworth reports: GUELPH – Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) students can once again access their board email accounts. Last week, the school board suspended access to student Gmail accounts following a breach that resulted in “inappropriate” emails being sent to thousands of students. Read more on Wellington Advertiser.
Privacy Litigation 2020 Year in Review: Data Breach Litigation
Nancy R. Thomas, Zachary Maldonado, and Ani Oganesian of Morrison Foerster write: Add a 270% increase in data breaches to the long list of unprecedented challenges in 2020. Cybersecurity is on the short list of major risks facing companies. And when a security incident happens, class actions often follow. Although data breach class actions are…
Don’t dox yourself by tweeting about data breaches
I am posting this because, sadly, it seems that some people DO need to read this, although most of them probably are not readers of my site. Ben Dickson cites reactions to the recent disclosure of the NetGalley breach to highlight errors users may make in discussing the breach on social media: And in their…
Anti-Secrecy Activists Publish a Trove of Ransomware Victims’ Data
Andy Greenberg reports: For years, radical transparency-focused activists like WikiLeaks have blurred the line between whistle-blowing and hacking. Often, they’ve published any data they consider to be of public interest, no matter how questionable the source. But now one leak-focused group is mining a controversial new vein of secrets: the massive caches of data stolen by ransomware crews and…
School principal ordered to pay $3.6M for sharing students’ nude pictures online
Jacqueline Gray reports: A former principal in Kentucky who is serving a nine-year federal prison sentence was ordered last week to pay $3.6 million for confiscating students’ phones and uploading their nude photos to the internet. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, six accusers named ex-LaRue County High School principal Stephen Goodlett, 40, and the LaRue…
Trump signs order banning transactions with Chinese apps Alipay and WeChat Pay
Jeanne Whalen reports: Taking his campaign against Chinese technology down to the wire, President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with a number of Chinese mobile apps, including Alipay and WeChat Pay. The order will take effect in 45 days, after the start of the Biden administration, leaving its fate unclear. Read…