Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Yahoo Hack Exposes Data From 500M Users

More than 500 million Yahoo users had their information, including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, encrypted passwords, and […]

DOJ Says FBI Agent Posing As Reporter Broke No Rules

When an FBI agent in Seattle posed as an AP reporter in 2007, a watchdog investigation has concluded that it […]

Prepare Now For Cyber Insurance Disputes

Limits on coverage from standard commercial general liability (CGL) insurance were codified in a 2004 rewrite of the standard form, […]

Congressional Report Details Massive OPM Hack

A hack at the federal Office of Personnel Management likely “exfiltrated” information pertaining to millions of background checks and more than…

Russia Hacked Olympic Drug Database

A Russian government hacking group infiltrated the World Doping Agency’s drug-testing database, accessing drug test results and confidential medical data […]

Is It Criminal To Withhold Passwords?

Former Philadelphia police sergeant Francis Rawls has not been charged with a crime, but he has been in custody for […]

Protecting Your Company From Ransomware

Ransomware has become so lucrative that an industry has developed around it, with commission-based ransomware-as-a-service programs that allow the malware […]

Preparing for Low-Probability High-Impact Events

Systematic preparation for a highly unlikely catastrophe “is not morbid thinking or gloom-and-doom prognosticating, but rather a crucial planning feature […]

Remembering Pioneer Developer Of Early Laptop, “Built Like An Armored Tank”

He was a Brit, taught in Scotland, but did his major life work in Silicon Valley. Computer engineer John Ellenby, […]

Ten Tech Mistakes Lawyers Make

At least 80 of the largest U.S. law firms by revenue have been hacked since 2011, according to a Bloomberg […]

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