Brad Hunter reports: A former intelligence contractor is suing controversial ex-FBI chief James Comey, claiming the bureau is covering up widespread surveillance on Americans. Dennis Montgomery told news website Circa that the spying violated the civil liberties of prominent American politicians, business people – and even U.S. President Donald Trump. Montgomery says he walked away…
Category: Govt
Health Care Task Force Pre-Releases Report on Cybersecurity Days Before Ransomware Attack
Dena Feldman and Christopher Hanson write: Last week, the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity (HCIC) Task Force (the “Task Force”) published a pre-release copy of its report on improving cybersecurity in the health care industry. The Task Force was established by Congress under the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. The Task Force is charged with addressing challenges…
UK gave Google’s DeepMind access to patient data without legal basis
Kelly Fiveash reports: Google’s DeepMind AI wing was given access to the personal medical records of 1.6 million NHS patients on an “inappropriate legal basis,” the UK’s top data protection adviser to the health service has said. In a letter sent to the Royal Free Hospital’s medical director professor Stephen Powis, and seen by Sky…
Law Enforcement Agencies’ Requests for Facebook Data Continue to Rise
Eyragon Eidam reports: Young and old alike, Facebook is where millions of people around the world share details of their lives that might have gone unshared 13 years ago. And if the recently released Facebook report on government requests for this data is any indication, law enforcement agencies within the United States are very interested…