Brandon Bailey of AP reports: Is Superfish an Internet pioneer or a computer-user’s privacy nightmare? Either way, don’t expect a mea culpa. Faced with a withering publicity barrage that could jeopardize any startup’s future, Superfish CEO Adi Pinhas blamed another company for the security flaw and complained about what he called “false and misleading statements…
Category: Breaches
We might be in a bit of a #gemalto
Daragh O’Brien has a blog post on the Gemalto security mess and what the responsibility of Irish telcos might be, as he understands it: My view is that telcos in Ireland, and potentially other EU countries, would need to inform their customers, and telcos should ideally be looking for a solution to reinstate the security…
Sen. Menendez Calls For Privacy Bill To Protect Consumers In Case Of Data Breaches
CBS reports: U.S. Sen.Robert Menendez and Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.) announced Friday that they plan to reintroduce a Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights to improve protection for consumer data. Menendez originally called for the bill after a major data breach that affected Target stores during the holiday shopping season in 2013. Numerous other high-profile data…
Sex offender awarded £20,000 in damages against Facebook
Irish Times reports: A convicted child abuser who featured on a Facebook page set up to monitor paedohphiles in Northern Ireland is to be awarded £20,000 in damages, a High Court judge ruled today. In a landmark verdict, Mr Justice Stephens held that both the social media giant and page operator Joe McCloskey were liable…