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Hacking
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Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Trans Fats, AT&T Fined, More on the Astros
It's almost 80 and sunny here in Seattle, but before we get out and enjoy it, time to run through the Top 10. In it, commentary on lots of big…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Amendments to UK Hacking Legislation under The Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force
By Conor Ward
Amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 ("CMA") introduced by Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 ("2015 Act") came into effect on the 3rd May 2015. The 2015…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Oh No! Your Lawyer’s Been Hacked (Probably You Too!) – 11 Sure Signs of Hacking and What to do!
By Peter Vogel
InfoWorld’s recently reported that no one is safe, neither lawyers nor clients because in “today’s threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind,…and hackers still reach us on a regular…
The Right Coast
‘The Interview’: Film Review – The Hollywood Reporter
Adding creative insult to corporate injury in the wake of the massive hacking of Sony's computer files, the film that may have triggered the incident, The Interview, is an intensely…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Computer Hacking Involving Stolen Credit Card Numbers and Altered Academic Records
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to serve four years in prison today for hacking into computer networks around the country – including networks belonging to law enforcement agencies and a…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Medical Device, “Heal Thyself” from Data Hacking
Innovative health care-related technology and developing telemedicine products have the potential for dramatically changing the way in which health care is accessed. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) grappled…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Discovery of 13-Year Hacking Scheme Highlights Questions About Cyber Insurance Coverage
A hacking operation that breached government servers, banks and corporations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria for more than a decade highlights concerns about the extent to which such breaches are…
Cyberblog
9/11 Commission Gingerly Embraces “Direct Action” Against Hackers
I've long been an advocate for fewer restraints on how the private sector responds to hacking attacks. If the government can't stop and can't punish such attacks, in my view…
The Right Coast
Appeals Court Overturns Conviction of AT&T Hacker Weev | Threat Level | WIRED
A hacker sentenced to three and a half years in prison for obtaining the personal data of more than 100,000 iPad owners from AT&T s unsecured website is about to…
The D&O Diary
What Are the Bad Guys Up to Now? Hacking Health-Care Records, Apparently
As if it were not bad enough that hackers are attacking retail businesses like Target and Neiman Marcus to obtain consumer credit card information, it turns out that the bad…