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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Forcing Provision of Computer Password Violates the Fifth Amendment: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

At Appellant’s apartment, after the agents discovered a single computer, an HP Envy 700 desktop, which was encrypted with TrueCrypt, Appellant informed the agents that he lived alone, that he was the sole user of the computer, and that only he knew the password to his computer.

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Weekly podcast: NCSC and Kaspersky, parliamentary passwords and macOS High Sierra (again)

IT Governance

This week, we discuss the NCSC’s warning to senior civil servants, the poor password habits of MPs, and a bug in the patch Apple rushed out last week. Dorries tweeted : “My staff log onto my computer on my desk with my login everyday. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 December 2017.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 293

Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 293 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. Nearly 20 million Cutout.Pro users’ data breached Cutout.Pro, an AI photo and video editing platform, has suffered a data breach. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

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Fired IT Guy Deleted 23 of His Ex-Employer’s AWS Servers: Cybersecurity Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Needham pleaded not guilty to two charges of the Computer Misuse Act – one count of unauthorized access to computer material and one count of unauthorized modification of computer material – but was convicted in January 2019.

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

Some of the data that it covers are: Electronic health records Billing details Health insurance information The Importance of Compliance There are severe consequences to not abiding by the HIPAA rules. For example, if a hospital’s computer system isn’t regularly updated, it can be more vulnerable to security and cyber attacks.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2020 – 8.8 billion records breached

IT Governance

Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach after hack (unknown). Discord client hit by Trojan that grabs passwords and user tokens (unknown). Arbonne MLM data breach exposes users’ passwords (3,527). Advanced Computer Software Group exposed data of 190 law firms (10,000). Spanish dating app MobiFriends hacked (3.7