Depending upon how you view the situation the regulatory environment is showing signs of improvement globally. For GDPR it was always going to be a question of who will be first over the line to set the target for everyone…
D-Link has agreed to a 10 year plan of independent security oversight, in order to settle its case with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Who sued D-Link over the poor security of its devices. A way of avoiding court…
7-Eleven in Japan suffers a hack, with over 900 clients losing $500,000. Using a software flaw which allowed the hackers to change the password reset email address. Modifying the payments code to send a password reset link sent to an…
I reported back in June that the New York State Senate was aiming to pass the ‘stop hacking and improve data (SHIELD)’ security act. Well it looks like it passed the Senate and is now on its way to the…
It looks like the EuroFins cyber issue reported last month was a ransomware (21.06)(). Compounding the problems for law enforcement forensics in the UK. It follows on from issues related to 2 other forensics services used by UK law enforcement.…
Looks like Facebook will be defending itself in court after all. Following a recent move to block its trial was rejected by the Federal Appeals Court of San Francisco last week. This will be an interesting case to watch. to…
Did the UK security agency MI5 knowingly break data laws, over a number of years? It appears so. View Original Post
Austrian court rejects an attempt by Facebook to block. The case is questioning Facebook’s approach to GDPR, arguing that their privacy policies were not valid, and that data was being processed unlawfully. As it unfolds, this will be a case…
Another US pharma, LabCorp, discloses that they were also affected by the AMCA data breech reported this week. With 7.7 Million client records declared stolen. The legal and regulatory environment is changing rapidly. This might turn out to be quite…
New York and New York state take the lead again, following the release of its NYDFS cyber regulation. If it gets passed the SHIELD (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data) legislation will put in place stringent data protection laws. Including…
