Jonathan Greig reports: One of the oldest historical societies in the state of Ohio was hit with a ransomware attack that leaked the sensitive information of thousands, according to a statement the organization released this week. The Ohio History Connection is a statewide history nonprofit chartered in 1885 that manages more than 50 sites and…
What the SEC’s Investigation of SolarWinds Means for CISOs and Cybersecurity Disclosures
Sid Mody, Andrew J. Geist, Shelly Heyduk, Bill Martin, and Anna Xie discuss the implications of recent actions by the SEC. They write, in part: In sending a Wells Notice to SolarWinds’s CISO, the SEC has put CISOs generally on high alert that the agency is focused on how such professionals may be involved in…
Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Threatens to be an Expansive Global Surveillance Pact
Katitza Rodriguez of EFF writes: In the heart of New York City, a watershed moment for protecting users against unfettered government surveillance is unfolding at the sixth session of negotiations to formulate the UN Cybercrime Convention. Delegates from Member States have convened at UN Headquarters for talks this week and next that will shape the digital and…
Joint statement on data scraping and data protection
The Information Commissioner’s Office and eleven other data protection and privacy authorities from around the world have today published a joint statement calling for the protection of people’s personal data from unlawful data scraping taking place on social media sites. Data scraping is an automated way to pull large amounts of information from the web. Scraping from…
Rochester Public Schools announces cause behind spring cyberattack
Jordan Shearer reports: Rochester Public Schools has clarified what it believes opened the door to the large-scale cyberattack that crippled the district’s operations this spring. Superintendent Kent Pekel spoke about the issue on Wednesday, Aug. 23, while giving a presentation about the district’s upcoming technology referendum in November. “We weren’t negligent,” Pekel said. “But clearly one of…
IoT Security Report Sheds Light on Hospitals’ Device Risks
Asimily, an Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) risk management platform, announced the availability of a new report: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis on Connected Device Cybersecurity Risk. The following is their press release: The full report highlights the unique cybersecurity challenges that healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) face and the true…