William K. Kane and Melissa M. Mikhail of SheppardMullin write: A brazen and sophisticated computer intrusion into the records of over 145 million Americans launched from computer hackers based in China led to recent criminal prosecutions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [1] Courts are willing to extend American law beyond U.S. boundaries often when criminal…
Hackers hijack Twitter account of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, offer to sell stolen data
Graham Cluley writes: Normally the official Twitter account of Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Management Centre does not make for the most fascinating read. Normally @MID_travel simply retweets messages from other Russian government departments or embassies, as it offers advice on how Russian citizens can remain safe abroad. But on July 2nd, the account was compromised by hackers…
Personal Data of 250,000 People From 20 Countries Leaked by Bitcoin Scam
Kevin Helms reports: A global bitcoin scam has reportedly leaked personal data of about 250,000 people from more than 20 countries. The majority of the compromised data were of people in the U.K., Australia, South Africa, and the U.S. This bitcoin scam operates under several different names. Read more on Bitcoin.com.
University of Michigan: Leaked emails, passwords were from ‘3rd-party data breaches’
Nisa Khan reports: University of Michigan students got a scare Friday night: warnings circulating on social media about an apparent data breach leaking their U-M email addresses and passwords. On Saturday, the University of Michigan released a statement saying the information was from older “third-party data breaches, such as Chegg, Zynga, LinkedIn” where users used their student emails to sign…
China Issued the Draft Data Security Law
Yan Luo and Zhijing Yu of Covington & Burling write: On July 2, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (“NPC”) released the draft Data Security Law (“Draft Law”) for public comment. The release of the Draft Law marks a step forward in establishing a regulatory framework for the protection of broadly defined…
UK: Second NHS data leak to be fully investigated
The Orcadian reports: Another data breach at NHS Orkney has led to a confidential health board file being inadvertently sent to a member of the local press, in what has been described by the health authority’s new interim chief executive as a “regrettable” error. Michael Dickson, who is set to arrive in Orkney today, Friday,…