Data Protection Weekly

Compiled by: Richard Sheinis, Esq.

Instagram Investigating Larger Breach; Hacker Claims 6 Million Accounts for Sale
CyberScoop

A hacker claims to have stolen data from 6 million accounts, and is offering them for sale at $10 apiece. “We take people’s security very seriously and …

Man Pleads Guilty to Hack Attempt on Government Pensions Website
The Irish News

A man has pleaded guilty to trying to infiltrate a government pensions website as part of a major computer hacking operation. Daniel Marincu (32), of …

Yahoo Must Face Litigation by Data Breach Victims: US Judge 
Reuters

Yahoo must face litigation by data breach victims: U.S. judge … The case is In re: Yahoo Inc Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, U.S. District …

Delaware Passes Amendment to Data Breach Notification Law
The National Law Review

This puts Delaware in line with 14 other states that require private organizations to maintain reasonable data security practices. It also makes private …

DC Circuit Holds Cyber-Theft of Customers’ Medical Identifying Information Created Sufficient …
The National Law Review

D.C. Circuit Holds Cyber-Theft of Customers’ Medical Identifying … while also adding significant risk of cyber-liability for companies that collect and …

Hacking Risk Leads to Recall of 500,000 Pacemakers Due to Patient Death Fears
The Guardian

The hackers could then deliberately run the battery flat, or conduct “administration of inappropriate pacing”. Both could, in the worst case, result in the …

Hackers Access Computer at McLaren Medical Group
Health Data Management

McLaren Medical Group in Lansing, Mich., recently notified 106,008 current or former patients that a computer system at Mid-Michigan Physicians …

Self-Driving Cars Might Be More Secure Than We Thought
PCMag

He’s also involved with the Car Hacking Village at Defcon in Las Vegas and author of The Car Hackers … “It’s a computer overriding a human.”

How Blockchain Technology Can Transform the Security Industry
ZDNet

It is not always software vulnerabilities which can lead to a security problem such as a data breach or a network compromise — the supply chain can …

Data Breach Hits Four Million Time Warner App Users
BBC News

Sensitive information about more than four million users of an app created by Time Warner Cable has been accidentally exposed online. Security …