Jeff Kosseff writes: Based on the extensive news coverage of this week’s court ruling against Wyndham Hotels and Resorts in its battle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one would think that the sky is falling on efforts to resist FTC enforcement actions relating to data security. Adweek wrote that the case is “a test for…
Pointing fingers, Thursday edition – U.S. Info Search tells its side
On April 8, this blog published a post concerning the Court Ventures breach that questioned whether Experian was getting a bad rap for a breach that started with Court Ventures and its reciprocal data sharing agreement with U.S. Info Search. Unbeknownst to DataBreaches.net at the time, U.S. Info Search had issued a press release the…
Reports of data protection breaches doubled for Welsh councils last year — BBC
BBC reports that Welsh councils had twice as many breaches in 2013 as they did in 2012. Here are their findings from the results of their FOI request: Cardiff council recorded 14 breaches including financial information about 15 employees was given to third parties and information being stolen from an employee’s car, who was later disciplined….
Before you panic and change all your passwords because you’ve read dire warnings on Heartbleed….
For my non-techy, non-security professional readers: Before you panic and race around to change all your passwords because you’ve heard how serious the Heartbleed bug is as a threat to your privacy and data security, read this piece by Graham Cluley. There’s been a lot of bad advice out there, and as he notes, changing…
Deltek suffers cyber attack putting 80,000 employees of vendors at risk
Jason Miller reports: About 80,000 employees of federal contractors are at risk of identity theft after a hacker broke into business research firm Deltek’s GovWin IQ system. In an email to vendors, which Federal News Radio obtained and was confirmed by Deltek, Mike Corkery, the company’s president and CEO, said it discovered on March 13…
Medical Privacy: Digital Technology Can Leave Your Health History Exposed
From EFF: The digitization of medical records is being pitched to the public as a way to revolutionize healthcare. But rapid technological innovation and lagging privacy laws are leaving patients – and their most sensitive information – vulnerable to exposure and abuse, especially in this age of “big data.” The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is…