So I’ve had a chance to read Obama’s proposed data breach notification bill, The Personal Data Notification & Protection Act, and although it has a few interesting points, it’s pretty much a rehash of bills that have raised concerns among privacy advocates for years. This post will describe just some of some of the provisions of the bill…
PA: Two cleaning women charged with stealing personal info from police credit union
Margaret Harding reports: Two cleaning women from Stowe did little cleaning at the Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union, describing their time instead as “girl time” to tell stories, drink beverages and scout through stuff — including members’ personal information that they stole, police said. Bonnie Hendzel, 50, and Mary Tumminello, 27, were charged with stealing…
Personal banking info sold to highest bidder in China
From the that’s-not-good dept.: Leaks of personal credit card information have become increasingly serious in China, reports the Beijing Times. The stolen information is sold online and priced differently according to its “quality.” Secondhand information that has previously been sold is priced at 0.35 yuan (US$0.06) per item whereas info on platinum card users can…
Obama introduces data breach notification bill
You can read the text of The Personal Data Notification & Protection Act here, and the White House’s section by section analysis of it here. I’ll post my analysis and comments on the draft later today, but from my initial skim, don’t expect a glowing review as the bill does pre-empt much stronger state laws,…
Obama’s proposed changes to the computer hacking statute: A deep dive
Orin Kerr writes: As part of the State of the Union rollout, President Obama has announced several new legislative proposals involving cybersecurity. One of the proposals is a set of amendments to the controversial Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), the federal computer hacking statute. This post takes a close look at the main CFAA proposal….
Macedonia man pleads not guilty in US identity theft case
Ken Ritter of AP reports: A Macedonia man pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court in Las Vegas to criminal charges alleging he sold counterfeit credit cards as part of worldwide cybercrime identity-theft organization known as Carder.su. Jordan Georgievski, 41, huddled with a translator to read the January 2012 indictment charging him with conspiracy and…