Suresh Kasinathan writes: Not all instances of data exposure in the cloud are the product of malicious intentions from either internal or external actors. In its “2019 Data Breach Investigations Report” (DBIR), for instance, Verizon Enterprise showed that errors constituted one of the top causes in the data breaches it examined. Verizon’s researchers attributed 21%…
Equifax settles Indiana case over massive data breach for $19.5 million
Nate Raymond reports: Equifax Inc will pay Indiana $19.5 million to resolve claims it failed to protect residents whose personal information was exposed in a data breach that affected 147 million people, the state’s attorney general said on Monday. Read more on Reuters.
Another Court Significantly Limits the Scope of Criminal CFAA–Sandvig v. Barr
Eric Goldman writes: The plaintiffs want to create fake job profiles to research algorithmic discrimination. Fearing that their research activities would expose them to criminal CFAA prosecution, they challenged the CFAA as violating their First Amendment rights. Venkat blogged a preliminary ruling in the case 2 years ago. Now, the court dismisses the researchers’ suit as moot…
Canadian passengers from virus-stricken Zaandam cruise ship hit by federal gov’t privacy breach
Sophia Harris reports: After enduring a cruise with a COVID-19 outbreak and four deaths, the 247 Canadian passengers who were aboard the Holland America Line ship, the MS Zaandam, face a new problem: a privacy breach by the federal government. […] In a detailed email Global Affairs Canada sent Canadian passengers during the Easter holiday…
Ransomware attacks lock 2 Manitoba law firms out of computer systems
Sean Kavanagh reports: Work at two Manitoba law firms is at a virtual standstill after cyber attacks left staff without access to their computer systems, locking out digital files, emails and data backups. Read more on CBC.ca.
Account details for 4 million Quidd users shared on hacking forum
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Quidd, an online marketplace for trading stickers, cards, toys, and other collectibles, appears to have suffered a data breach in 2019, and the details of around four million users are now being shared for free on underground hacking forums. The data, of which ZDNet has obtained samples from three different sources, contains Quidd usernames,…