Orin Kerr writes: In his post below, Stewart Baker writes that DOJ official James Baker “gave a persuasive defense” of the broad view of that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act should apply to Terms of Service violations and employee restrictions on computers. In this post, I want to explain why I don’t find DOJ’s defense…
Category: Breaches
Hacktivism, Anonymity, and Privacy
Olivier Sylvain writes: On Friday evening, within hours of posting U.S. Marshal Service mugshots of alleged members of Internet “hacktivist” group Anonymous, TalkingPointsMemo.com became the target of a relentless “distributed denial of service” or DDoS attack. According to a statement released by TPM founder and publisher Josh Marshall on TPM’s Facebook page, visitors could not access the site a…
Bank of America Sued Over Privacy Violations Due to Overseas Outsourcing
Jim Malmberg writes: Last month, a new lawsuit was filed in District Court for the District of Columbia against Bank of America Corporation; the nations largest bank holding company. The suit alleges that B of A has been outsourcing certain functions to overseas companies and that as a result has given access to the personal financial records…
New Blumenthal bill would require firms to beef up security and privacy practices
Gautham Nagesh reports: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a new bill Thursday aimed at protecting consumers by punishing businesses, individuals and data brokers that misuse or fail to protect their data. The Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act would require businesses with the personal information of more than 10,000 customers to implement privacy and…