Cyber Needs More Perp Walks

The arrest of a 29-year-old man in Prague for suspected involvement in the 2012 hack of LinkedIn is a big victory for law enforcement. Even more important: viral video of the arrest.

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Sign Up with the Usual Suspects: Consumer Breach Response is Broken and How to Fix It

The scourge of data breaches and identity theft is more than a decade old. But our tools for dealing with these common incidents are outdated and ineffective. Why?

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Circle in Hell Awaits Habitat for Humanity Hackers

The Colorado branch of Habitat for Humanity says a long-running and “malicious” data breach started with ransomware in June, and is making it hard to even conduct business.

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Yahoo Breach: User Data Considered Toxic

Computer science and security rely on precision for the descriptions of their constructs and concepts. But there are some things that defy description in these realms, and the Yahoo data breach is one of them.

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Rarely is the (Breach) Question asked: Is Our IT Pros Learning?

A new survey by The SANS Institute suggests that companies are worried about data breaches – but aren’t doing much to prevent them.

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Once More Into the Breach Response

Reasonable people can, and often do, disagree about what constitutes a proper public response to a data breach. Some people want immediate and full disclosure of all of the details of the event, while others tend to favor a more measured approach, releasing some information at the beginning and more data as things shake out.

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Down Under, Lawmakers Ponder Pain and Suffering from Breaches

Should businesses be liable for the pain and suffering experienced by customers as the result of a data breach? Lawmakers in Australia say “yes.”

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Carded: Hack of Medical ID Card Provider Affects 3.3M

The hack of Newkirk Products, a little known provider of medical ID cards, underscores the dangers third parties pose to regulated health data.

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Paid in Full: Why the MICROS Data Breach Could be More than Meets the Eye

Data breaches come in all shapes and sizes. Some, like the attacks on Target and Home Depot, are big, public, and expensive. Others can be small and quiet, but no less expensive in the long run.

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Survey finds Cyber Attacks Incredibly Common at Automotive Firms

A survey of automotive executives by KPMG finds that reports of data breaches are common - even as investment in security lags.

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