I posted another news story about this incident on DataBreaches.net the other day, but the privacy breach aspects make it appropriate for this blog, too. Travis Loller of Associated Press reports: A man who bragged about hacking into Miley Cyrus’ e-mail account and distributing revealing pictures of her has been arrested on unrelated charges, according…
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UK: Ex-KGB agent sues MI5 over ‘privacy breach’
Robert Verkaik reports: A former senior KGB agent is suing MI5 over invasion of his privacy, alleging his family members were victims of a campaign of harassment and unlawful surveillance. Judges are now investigating claims made by Boris Karpichkov that his east London home was broken into and his telephone calls and post unlawfully intercepted….
Michigan Mom in E-mail Snooping Case Fights Back
The case involving a Michigan man who is the first to be charged with a felony under Michigan’s anti-hacking statute continues to make news. Eric Johnson, Chris Bury, and Bret Hovell of ABC report, in part: This is Michigan’s first criminal prosecution for snooping through a spouse’s e-mails. So far, two Michigan judges have refused…
Wikileaks As Security Breach
Ryan Calo writes, in part: The leak represents an appalling security breach—one that makes TJX look like a misplaced diary. As I argue in a previous post, the leak threatens a set of classic privacy harms. One of the central roles of privacy is to help preserve the conditions for intimacy. The leak means that leaders will…