The law firm of Bryan Cave lists nine factors entities should look at when considering the risk that litigation poses following a breach. They note: Specifically, unless a plaintiff has been the victim of identity theft or has suffered some other type of concrete injury, most courts have refused to let them proceed based solely on the…
Insurance broker fined $1K for not following MPI privacy rules
Vera-Lynn Kubinec reports: A privacy breach involving customers’ auto insurance files has netted a Winnipeg insurance broker a $1,000 fine. Manitoba Public Insurance determined that last fall broker Basil Galarnyk accessed customer information 42 times without performing any transactions and with “no discernible reason” for accessing the files, a discipline panel has found. As a result, MPI…
Reps. Lieu and Hurd urge ransomware events to be reported under HITECH
Representatives Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) and Will Hurd (R | San Antonio) sent a letter to Deven McGraw, Deputy Director of the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) encouraging the office to focus on developing guidance for health care providers to respond to ransomware attacks under…
FBI chief says Guccifer lied about hacking into Clinton’s email server
Michael Kan reports: A Romanian hacker’s claim that he broke into Hillary Clinton’s private email server in 2013 was a lie, according to the FBI. Marcel Lehel Lazar, also known as Guccifer, has boasted about the breach to various media outlets, saying in May that it had been “easy.” But on Thursday, FBI director James…
‘KYAnonymous,’ who drew attention to Ohio rape case, indicted by federal grand jury
Greg Kocher reports: Deric Lostutter, the Clark County online activist known as “KYAnonymous” who helped draw national attention to an Ohio rape case, was indicted on four felony counts Thursday by a federal grand jury in Lexington. The indictment says Lostutter violated the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when he “knowingly and intentionally joined…
NC: Pink Hill pastor reports ransomware locked up files
Matt Byliss reports: A pastor said hackers locked him out of his computer on Tuesday, demanding money in exchange for files. Andy Wood from Potters Hill Missionary Baptist Church said hackers demanded over $700 to unlock the computer, without even guaranteeing he would get his files back. He faced the possibility of losing over 700…