Phoebe Eckersley reports: The parents of a teenager who hacked into TalkTalk and sold personal data for cryptocurrency have been spared jail. Carlie, 44, and Jason Gunton, 45, whose son Elliott Gunton was convicted, were given suspended sentences for helping transfer funds on behalf of their son, it was heard at Norwich Crown Court today….
MO: Hacked social media account leads to Jackson school threat
Jay Wolz reports: Jackson police are investigating a Tuesday night incident in which a post on a social media account indicated a potential firearms threat at Jackson High School. According to Jackson schools public information officer Merideth Pobst, a post appeared Tuesday evening on the social media platform Snapchat. The post, she said, gave the…
Companies that want responsible disclosure should reinforce it.
Today’s post is a reminder that if you make claims on your web site that you take privacy and security very seriously and that you respond promptly to responsible disclosures, you really need to suit your actions to your words. On July 7, Timothy French of Underdog Security contacted LG to report that they had…
Daily Dicta: The FTC Should Be Suing Itself for How It Handled This Case
Jenna Greene has a column today on the LabMD case. Sadly, it is behind a paywall, but it begins: Government consumer protection lawyers are supposed to be the good guys, the ones in white hats sticking up for the citizenry. Which is why it’s particularly upsetting when it turns out they’re in the wrong—as was…
Dental Practice Pays $10,000 to Settle Social Media Disclosures of Patients’ Protected Health Information
HHS OCR has announced another settlement of a HIPAA complaint: Elite Dental Associates, Dallas (“Elite”) has agreed to pay $10,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…
AU: Inside a massive cyber hack that risks compromising leaders across the globe
Garrett Davis reports: One email was all it took for hackers to steal some of the most personal information from people potentially now in high-ranking roles across the globe. The cyber attack was so sophisticated it didn’t even need the person to click on a link or open a document to compromise decades worth of…