Maybe one of the qualifications for President in the Constitution should be: “Has the common sense not to expose everyone’s personal information to the world.” T.C. Sottek reports: Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida….
New Mexico needs a data breach notification law, but is this the right one?
Will New Mexico finally join the ranks of states that require data breach notification or will it remain one of only three holdouts? Dan Mayfield reports that Rep. Bill Rehm has introduced a bill to require businesses to notify consumers in the event of a breach. Rehm tried to pass a similar bill last year but got pushback from…
CyberCaliphate claims Newsweek Twitter hack
Oriana Pawlyk reports that CyberCaliphate claimed responsibility for the hack of Newsweek’s Twitter account earlier today. Within 15 minutes, Newsweek had regained control of the account, but not before CyberCaliphate had tweeted out some threats and documents: The group posted several certificates showing individual training achievements as well as an organizational chart for the Defense…
UK: A bad day in court for Medway Council
Jon Baines writes: If the Information Commissioner (IC) reasonably requires any information for the purpose of determining whether a data controller has complied or is complying with the data protection principles, section 43 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) empowers him to serve a notice on the data controller requiring it to furnish him with specified…
Accused BlackShades owner, “marjinz,” seeks to back out of plea deal
Joseph Ax reports: A Swedish man who had been set to plead guilty on Monday to resolve U.S. charges stemming from his alleged creation of malicious software used to hack a half-million computers worldwide has apparently backed out of the deal, according to court records. Read more on Reuters (UK).
Man Stole Students’ Personal Information: Miami-Dade Schools Police
NBC6 reports: A Hollywood man was arrested after he was found with the personal information of dozens of victims, including students, police said. Renardo Anthony Smith, 22, is facing 62 counts of criminal use of personal identification information, according to a Miami-Dade Schools Police report. Read more on NBC6.