Darkreading reported a 4+ year jail sentence for stealing airline tickets by using “phishing campaigns targeted customers of Travelport and Sabre, causing phishing emails to be delivered to their customers for the purpose of obtaining and stealing their unique log-in credentials.” On June 5, 2017 the Department Justice issued a
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Cyber attack probably caused BA to strand 75,000 passengers, but BA claims it just lost electricity! Haha!
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The Independent reported that Wallie Walsh (Chief of British Airways’ owner International Airlines Group) broke his silence about BA’s IT failure last week that left 75,000 travelers stranded saying “it was not an IT failure, it was a problem caused by the failure of electrical power to our IT systems.”…
Facebook lied to the EU about privacy & will pay a $122 million fine!
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The Washington Post reported that “Facebook was not honest about its ability to identify users who had both Facebook and WhatsApp accounts and link those accounts” during Facebook acquisition in 2014. The May 18, 2017 report entitled “Facebook will pay $122 million in fines to the E.U.” included…
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Cyber breach costs Target more than $220 million!
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The New York Times reported that “Target will pay $18.5 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia as part of a settlement with state attorneys general over a huge security breach that compromised the data of millions of customers.” The May 23, 2017 report entitled “Target to Pay…
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Does Apple Pay infringe any patents?
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The New York Times reported that Universal Secure Registry’s filed a lawsuit against Apple and Visa alleging that “Apple Pay digital payment technology violates its patents.” The May 21, 2017 article in the New York Times was entitled “Apple Pay Violates Patents Held by Security Technology Inventor, Lawsuit Allege…
Get Ready for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the middle of Blockchain!
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The eCommerceTimes column described combining “AI with blockchain allows for the secure, transparent review of data that is changed or moved over time, giving both the buyer and seller confidence in the validity, title and transfer of that bridge in Brooklyn.” The May 18, 2017 column written by my Gardere…
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Googlification: Google has taken over US schools and as a result – the next generation!
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The New York Times reported that “more than half the nation’s primary- and secondary-school students — more than 30 million children — use Google education apps like Gmail and Docs.” The May 13, 2017 report entitled “How Google Took Over the Classroom” included the observation that Google has…
Private Blockchains may not be secure!
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Coindesk recently published a blog which “attacks the idea that true immutability can be achieved in blockchain systems, arguing a more relative definition of this feature better encapsulates what’s the technology can achieve.” The May 9, 2017 article entitled “The Blockchain Immutability Myth” was a blog from “Dr. …
GUEST BLOG: Attorney Client Privilege Lost in the Cloud!
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My Guest Blogger Eddie Block (CISSP, CIPM, CIPP/G, CISA, CEH) is a senior attorney in Gardere’s Litigation Group and member of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Legal Services Team who focuses on all aspects of information cyber security, including credentialing functions, firewall and IDS deployment and monitoring, and penetration testing, and…
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Arizona passes a law recognizing that Blockchain is secure!
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CIO from IDG reported that the first state to legalize Blockchain with this description “A record or contract that is secured through blockchain technology is considered to be in an electronic form and to be an electronic record.” The May 4, 2017 article entitled “Is blockchain technology secure for…
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