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Delaware County, Pennsylvania, opted to pay 500K ransom to DoppelPaymer gang

Security Affairs

“Sources said the county is in the process of paying the $500,000 ransom as it’s insured for such attacks.” “The County of Delaware recently discovered a disruption to portions of its computer network. The incident was disclosed on Monday and now Delaware County has paid a $500,000 ransom.

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Weekly podcast: NHS upgrade, $242m Equifax loss and prison hacker jailed

IT Governance

Thousands of operations and appointments were cancelled as a result of the infection according to the 2017 National Audit Office (NAO) report on the incident, Investigation: WannaCry cyber attack and the NHS. million deductible”, and, since announcing the cyber security incident in September 2017, has “recorded insurance recoveries of $60.0

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3

eDiscovery Daily

But first, it’s also worth noting that Tom O’Connor and I will be discussing some of these cases – and what the legal profession can learn from those rulings – on Thursday’s webcast Important eDiscovery Case Law Decisions of 2017 and Their Impact on 2018 at noon CT (1pm ET, 10am PT). POSSESSION, CUSTODY AND CONTROL. Wilkinson, Jr. You decide.

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OPC reconsiders its approach to cross-border data transfers with the Equifax decision

Data Protection Report

Any organization governed by the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) will have to re-evaluate and likely adjust its approach to such cross-border data transfers, possibly affecting its outsourcing and cloud computing relationships with vendors and related companies. s systems for four months.

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What IG Professionals Should Know About the Internet of Bodies

ARMA International

A company in Wisconsin had a “chipping party” in 2017 to implant microchips in some of its employees to make it easier for them to access the buildings and systems and to buy food in the company break room. [1]. Another common name for the IoB is embodied computing , where the human body is used as a technology platform. Legalities.

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No Bad Faith Means No Sanctions for Failing to Preserve Video of Altercation: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

The plaintiff’s workers’ compensation claim was settled in January 2017. The plaintiff subsequently filed the suit in July 2017. On July 3, 2018, plaintiff tendered a document request for, among other things, “surveillance footage, recordings or other video…that refer or relate to any events alleged in Plaintiff’s Complaint.”

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German court: monitoring of employees by key logger is not allowed

Data Protection Report

The German federal labor court held in a recent decision ( Bundesarbeitsgericht , 27 July 2017 – case no. Subsequently, the firm installed key logger software on its employees’ computers. This decision is understood as a general guidance where the highest labor court gave guidance on secret employee monitoring.