Scott Weinstein of McDermott Will & Emery writes: In the wake of recent breaches of personally identifiable information (PII) suffered by health insurance companies located in their states, the New Jersey Legislature passed, and the Connecticut General Assembly will consider legislation that requires health insurance companies offering health benefits within these states to encrypt certain types of PII, including social…
Uber security breach may have affected up to 50,000 drivers (updated)
Tracey Lien reports: Thousands of Uber driver names and driver’s license numbers may be in the hands of an unauthorized third party due to a data breach that occurred last year, the ride-hailing company announced today. In a statement, Uber’s managing counsel of data privacy Katherine Tassi said the company discovered on Sept. 17, 2014,…
Georgia Tech student hacks Georgia’s computers, gets pretrial diversion
Tom Fornelli reports that the student who hacked into the U. of Georgia system to rib them over a football rivalry has escaped what could have been 15 years in prison for a felony: Ryan Gregory Pickren, a 21-year old student at Georgia Tech, had some fun at Georgia’s expense before the two teams played in…
NYS Audit: Office of Information Technology Services: Security and Effectiveness of Department of Motor Vehicles’ Licensing and Registration Systems
NYS’s audit of its Office of Information Technology Services Division of Criminal Justice Services’ Core Systems wasn’t the only embarrassing OITS audit released this week. The state also released its audit of the security and effectiveness of OITS’s Department of Motor Vehicles’ Licensing and Registration Systems: Auditors found OITS and DMV are not in compliance with the…
AU: PJCIS pushes for mandatory data breach notification
Allie Coyne reports: The parliamentary committee tasked with investigating the Government’s data retention bill has put its support behind the long-mooted introduction of a mandatory data breach notification scheme. The committee made the recommendation today in its report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 [pdf]. Australia’s Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has long pushed for the introduction…
NY: Teen accused of hacking high school, improving grades (updated)
Frank Rosario, Erin Calabrese and Natalie O’Neill report: A tech-savvy Staten Island high-school student who studied advanced computer programming at an NYU camp used his skills to hack into a secure computer system and improve his scores, sources told The Post Thursday. Eric Walstrom, 16, a junior at New Dorp HS, made it past a…