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U.S. Cybercrime 2013: Today’s Stark Realities

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On July 17, Security Incident Management & Response Team Co-Leader Jim Harvey was a featured speaker in the breakfast briefing, “U.S. Cybercrime 2013: Today’s Stark Realities,” hosted by Sandpiper Partners, LLC, in the Army Navy Club, in Washington, D.C. He participated in the panel session “The Fictional Corporation Case Study,” which addressed various matters on cybercrime. Written […]

Seventh Circuit Gives the Nod to 10 Million Member Privacy Class, Thought to Be Largest Internet Privacy Class Ever

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ComScore, Inc. v. Jeff Dunstan et al., No. 13-8007 (7th Cir., June 11, 2013) U.S. Circuit Judges Richard A. Posner, Joel M. Flaum, and Ilana Diamond Rovner. Denying petition for leave to appeal class certification. Last week the Seventh Circuit denied comScore Inc.’s petition for leave to appeal the certification of a 10 million member […]

Cyber Alert: Cyber Attacks on Human Health? FDA Urges Manufacturers to Tighten Cybersecurity on Medical Devices

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the latest government agency to respond to the growing concern over increasing cybersecurity threats. After security analysts alerted FDA that medical devices used in the clinical setting were vulnerable to function manipulation and/or failure due to malware and other types of cyber threats, on June 13, 2013, […]

Texas Data Breach Law Revision Backs Off Requirement to Comply With Other States’ Laws

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June 14, 2013 – Texas Governor Rick Perry today signed into law a revision to the state’s data breach notification law that effectively deletes the requirement for entities that experience a data breach affecting residents of Texas to notify residents of other states in accordance with those other states’ laws or, for residents of states that […]