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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility. Secret Service.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Security Affairs

“On June 28, last year, a suspicious behavior was detected and investigated on a terminal in our company, and as a result of unauthorized access by a third party, data was transmitted to the outside,” reads a data breach notification published by the company. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

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NIST Issues Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

Hunton Privacy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) has issued draft Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing (SP 800-144) (the “Guidelines”) for public comment. Ensure that the client-side computing environment meets organizational security and privacy requirements for cloud computing. Governance.

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UK Information Commissioner Warns Businesses to “Wake Up” to the New EU Law on Cookies

Hunton Privacy

In a speech at the ICO’s annual Data Protection Officers’ conference on March 8, 2011, the UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said that businesses running websites in the UK must “wake up” to the fact that the changes are happening and to start thinking about how to achieve compliance with the new requirements.

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HHS Announces Settlements with Health Care System and Medical Research Institute over Potential HIPAA Violations

Hunton Privacy

The OCR’s investigation of Feinstein Institute, a biomedical research institute based in New York, began after the institute filed a breach report indicating that in September 2012, an unencrypted, password-protected laptop computer containing the ePHI of approximately 13,000 patients and research participants was stolen from an employee’s car.

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UK ICO Releases Updated Cookie Compliance Guidance

Hunton Privacy

On December 13, 2011, the Information Commissioner issued updated guidance on compliance with recent changes to UK law governing the use of cookies ( The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (“Regulations”)).

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White House Proposes Cybersecurity Legislation

Hunton Privacy

As we reported last week , on May 12, 2011, the Obama administration announced a comprehensive cybersecurity legislative proposal in a letter to Congress. Companies that seek to share information with the government would need to make reasonable efforts to remove any identifying information unrelated to cyber threats.