Shane Harris reports: The Russian hackers who stole emails from the Democratic National Committee as part of a campaign to interfere in the 2016 election have been trying to steal information from the U.S. Senate, according to a report published Friday by a computer security firm. Beginning last June, the Russian hackers set up websites…
New Event of Note: International Privacy+Security Forum: Feb. 26 and Feb. 27
One of the absolute joys of blogging about privacy and breaches for the last 11+ years is that I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many fantastic scholars and practitioners. But I’ve only had that opportunity because a few people have done the hard work to organize events and to graciously offer to comp me so…
North Carolina introduces data breach legislation
Bradley Barth reports: More than 5.3 million residents of North Carolina were victims of data breaches in 2017 – an escalating trend that has prompted state Attorney General Josh Stein (D) and state Rep. Jason Saine (R) to introduce newly proposed legislation to prevent further incidents and protect the public. Unveiled on Jan. 8, the…
Hundreds left vulnerable to hackers after Johnson and Johnson data blunder
Aaron Rogan reports: The home addresses of hundreds of Irish people have been published online in a data breach by a pharmaceutical company. A cybersecurity expert said the error may leave people vulnerable to hackers as the company also shared email addresses that may be linked to other online accounts. As part of a promotion…
Federal Appeals Court Slams Data Breach Privilege Claim
Craig A. Newman writes: In the most recent object lesson in a data breach privilege case, a federal appeals court has ordered a Michigan-based mortgage lender to turn over privileged forensic investigatory documents after the investigator’s conclusions were revealed in discovery. Background. In the case, Leibovic v. United Shore Financial Services, LLC, et al, No. 17-2290,…
Coplin Health Systems notifies 43,000 patients after laptop stolen from employee’s car
I really think that if HHS/OCR handed out a few well-advertised very very large monetary penalties, maybe these unencrypted devices stolen from car incidents would decrease. It really is ridiculous that this is still happening in 2018. It’s one thing if we’re talking about a small non-profit or something where they may not have resources…