But it’s not like he’s a hacker – he only did it for the money. Jane Tyler reports that Grant Manser created the damaging “stresser” software from his bedroom and sold it on the ‘dark web’ to customers around the globe for as little as £4.99. He was 16 at the time he started in…
RESOURCE: State Security Breach Notification Laws
Mintz Levin has updated its convenient chart of state breach notification laws. Read more here. I’ve already downloaded my copy of their updated chart to keep on my desktop.
RESOURCE: Bryan Cave 2016 Data Breach Litigation Report
The law firm of Bryan Cave has issued its 2016 Data Breach Litigation Report. From their Executive Summary, some of their key findings: 83 cases were filed during the Period. This represents a nearly 25% decline in the quantity of cases filed as compared to the 2015 Data Breach Litigation Report (the “2015 Report”). When multiple filings against…
Einstein Health Network notifies 3,000 patients after web exposure of information
Justin Heinze reports: Einstein Healthcare Network may have suffered a data breach, they announced Thursday, and they are sending letters home to patients that may have been effected. The incident involved a website database containing patient information entered into Einstein’s website “Request for Information” form, Einstein said. Read more on Norristown Patch. EHN posted…
FBI: $2.3 Billion Lost to CEO Email Scams
While I keep updating my leetle list of entities disclosing their employees’ W-2 data has been phished, Brian Krebs reports that the FBI has issued an alert: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week warned about a “dramatic” increase in so-called “CEO fraud,” e-mail scams in which the attacker spoofs a message from the boss…
Oklahoma City Man Faces 10 Years in Federal Prison After Admitting He Transmitted Program or Code to a Protected Computer
Benjamin Earnest Nichols, 37, of Oklahoma City, appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to an Information charging one count of knowingly causing the transmission of a program or code to a protected computer, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Nichols, who is on bond, faces…