The New York Times reported that a cybersecurity contractor for the NSA (National Security Agency) was arrested based on allegations that “he stole and disclosed highly classified computer code developed to hack into the networks of foreign governments.” The October 6, 2016 article entitled “N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible…
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My Guest Blogger Eric Levy is a senior attorney in Gardere’s Trial Practice Group who focuses on cyber security, PCI compliance, PII, eCommerce, and related complex litigation.
Apparently IoT is leading the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), the government watchdog of privacy, one step closer to broadening the scope of what…
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The New York Times reported that Salesforce “has raised concerns with Europe’s antitrust authorities about the potential takeover” as to “…whether Microsoft’s proposed deal would hinder access by people and companies to the vast collection of data held by LinkedIn.” The September 29, 2016 article entitled “Salesforce Is Said to…
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Darkreading reported that a recent cyber safety report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was based on a PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ survey of “85 percent of airline CEOs in the PwC survey cited cybersecurity as a major risk likely because of the very sensitive nature of passenger data and flight systems.” The…
Reuters reported that Yahoo would likely not need to “provide them with credit monitoring services” even though Bob Lord (Yahoo’s CISO) posted “An Important Message About Yahoo User Security”:
The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority…
CSO recently predicted “a major uptick in cyber spending — to the tune of 12 to 15 percent year-over-year growth through 2021” in an article entitled “Cybersecurity spending outlook: $1 trillion from 2017 to 2021” which included these comments from the SANS Institute which were presented in February…
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The 9th Circuit ruled that Yelp was immune from content under the 1996 Communications Decency Act (DCA) which “immunizes providers of interactive computer services against liability arising from content created by third parties.” On September 12, 2016 in the case of Kimzey v. Yelp the court ruled that:
Yelp fell…
Darkreading recently reported that LinkedIn confessed that “We don’t have a reliable system for identifying and counting duplicate or fraudulent accounts” and that “cyber criminals now weaponize social media sites and their data, leading to some of the biggest data breaches over the last few years.” The September 6, 2016…
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Unfortunately most Shadow IT operations are based on “Click Agreements” and as a result the IT department has no idea of where the company data is located or what legal risks exist…, so if there is a cyber intrusion the company will have no clue about what data is stored…
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Many major Internet players endorsed Microsoft’s April, 2016 lawsuit against the US that the SCA (Stored Communications Act) (part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) 18 U.S.C. § 2705(b)) violates the First and Fourth Amendments since the Constitution should “afford people and businesses the right to know if the…
