Peter de Graaf reports: The Northland Regional Council has been told to apologise to bleach attack victim Mike Nager for accessing text messages he sent on his private cellphone to a former employer. Read more on New Zealand Herald.
Category: Breaches
Ca: Peladeau defends security breach
Angelica Montgomery reports: Pierre Karl Peladeau says he did not blunder when he posted Philippe Couillard’s personal address and phone number on his Facebook page, which he has since taken down at the request of the premier’s security team. The Parti Quebecois leadership hopeful says he was merely distributing information anyone could have pulled up from…
Obama’s proposed changes to the computer hacking statute: A deep dive
Orin Kerr writes: As part of the State of the Union rollout, President Obama has announced several new legislative proposals involving cybersecurity. One of the proposals is a set of amendments to the controversial Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), the federal computer hacking statute. This post takes a close look at the main CFAA proposal….
Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy
Michael D. Shear and Natasha Singer report: President Obama on Monday will call for federal legislation intended to force American companies to be more forthcoming when credit card data and other consumer information are lost in an online breach like the kind that hit Sony, Target and Home Depot last year, White House officials said Sunday….