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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
University of Wisconsin Announces Data Breach of Law School Applicants
Last week, the University of Wisconsin Law School notified 1,213 applicants from 2005-2006 that their names and Social Security numbers were breached back in November. The University discovered that a…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Quest Diagnostics Announces Breach of 34,000 Records
Quest Diagnostics, which operates medical laboratories, has announced that 34,000 customer records were exposed during a hacking incident that occurred on November 26th. The hacker obtained access to the information…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Over 3.1 Billion Records Breached So Far in 2016
The tally of records breached in 2016 (through November) globally was over 2.1 billion, according to IT Governance. With the announcement yesterday of Yahoo’s breach of another 1 billion records,…
Louisiana Law Blog
If You Build It, They May Hack: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity FAQs for the Construction Industry
Continuing the trend from 2015, 2016 has seen a significant number of large, public data breaches. Many of these breaches involved high-profile companies such as the Democratic National Convention, Internal…
The Right Coast
It’s new and it’s bad: Yahoo discloses 1B account breach
SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo late Wednesday disclosed a breach that took place in August 2013 that may have resulted in the theft of data associated with more than one billion user accounts.via…
Inside Privacy
Ashley Madison Settles Data Security and Deception Charges
The FTC announced today that it has reached a settlement with the operators of AshleyMadison.com (Ashley Madison) for alleged data security deficiencies and deceptive trade practices. According to the FTC,…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Quest Diagnostics Data Breach: Tens of Thousands Affected
New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics Inc. is reporting that one of its web applications (MyQuest by Care 360) has been breached by an unauthorized third party on November 26, 2016. This…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
What are you doing to prevent a data breach
By Joshua Horn
A broker-dealer recently agreed to pay a $650,000 fine after an OSJ’s cloud vendor failed to adequately protect customer information. Apparently, an outside hacker was able to gain access to…
Technology Law Dispatch
Officers and Directors Spared Home Depot Data Breach Derivative Lawsuit
By Gerard Stegmaier, Kimberly Chow
Officers and directors may breathe a temporary sigh of relief following the recent dismissal of the Home Depot data breach derivative case. Others will look to the facts for guidance.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Shareholders’ Derivative Suit Against Home Depot Dismissed
On November 30, 2016, The Home Depot, Inc. (Home Depot) got a victory in the shareholders’ derivative suit filed against it for its alleged failure to institute necessary controls to…