Would they be in a
better position to track terrorists if this all happened in India?
Or if they were more like the NSA: “We don't need no stinking
treaties!”
Naveen Ammembala has a
report on DNA of a hack that may or may not have terrorism
connections:
Unidentified
callers from a West Asian country managed to hack the firewall of an
international video conferencing equipment of an IT company in the
city, and make calls to Afghanistan.
Police
say that the hacking by the West Asia-based callers was obviously an
attempt to communicate with their Afghan associates, while avoiding
being detected and located. Police are looking at possible terror
links, but refuse to make guesses.
Finding
who made the calls could be difficult as Indian police are
handicapped by the lack of treaties for exchanging information with
police forces in many countries, more so in West Asia.
The
anonymous callers hacked the phone lines of Sonata Software
Limited, situated at Sonata Towers in Global Village in
Pattanegere near Kengeri.
Read more on DNA.
So true...
Despite a recent ruling
making it harder for plaintiffs to get statutory damages under the
California Medical Information Act, lawyers still seem to be eager to
file class action lawsuits against California hospitals. Given
California’s stricter breach notification requirements, I can
almost see why. See this press release recruiting
potential plaintiffs or class members as an example of sharks
circling in the water should you have a breach. And
then ask yourselves again whether maybe it’s time to start
encrypting PHI and doing more to prevent laptops with PHI from being
stolen from employees’ unattended vehicles…
(Related) Requiring
encryption? Probably not.
Kaiser Health News has
a roundup
of media coverage on the GOP’s intention to propose legislation
requiring more security controls for HealthCare.gov. If you’re a
supporter of Obamacare, you’ll likely see this as a move to
undercut it. But even if you’re a supporter of Obamacare, is there
any merit to the proposal?
This may all be
political gamesmanship as usual, but wouldn’t requiring breach
notification to individuals in the event of a breach actually be a
good thing?
And if Congress is
willing to require enhanced security controls and breach notification
for a site that doesn’t collect a heck of lot of personal
information, how about requiring it for sites that do collect a lot
of sensitive personal information?
Will we actually get a
federal breach notification law out of this or will this be limited
to healthcare.gov if it passes? I suspect we should keep a close eye
on the bill to see if it’s something that might serve a broader
purpose.
Perspective (As usual
for Harvard, a bit wordy, but some interesting thoughts.)
Internet
Monitor 2013: Reflections on the Digital World
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on January 2, 2014
Internet
Monitor 2013: Reflections on the Digital World, Urs
Gasser….a collection of essays from roughly two dozen experts
around the world, including Ron Deibert, Malavika Jayaram, Viktor
Mayer-Schönberger, Molly Sauter, Bruce Schneier, Ashkan Soltani, and
Zeynep Tufekci, among others. The report highlights key
events and recent trends in the digital space.
“This
publication is the first annual report of the Internet Monitor
project at the Berkman
Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Instead
of offering a traditional project report, and to mirror the
collaborative spirit of the initiative, we compile — based on an
open invitation to the members of the extended Berkman community —
nearly two dozen short essays from friends, colleagues, and
collaborators in the United States and abroad.
Yet another
embarrassment of riches. I don't have time to look at every person
in detail. If they don't look interesting in 5 seconds, I move on.
100+
Influential Learning Professionals Worth Following
… The below list of
influential learning professionals comes via the hard work of Zaid
Ali Alsagoff who diligently assembled this list of (at last
check) nearly 150 influential learning pros who know a thing or two
about the future of education and e-learning.
Humor (sarcasm?) is the
best legal defense? I'll wager Starbucks won't push it... Next time
I drive east, I'll have to pick up a case or three.
Brewery
to Starbucks: Here's $6
A small Missouri
brewery has responded to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks by
sending the coffee chain giant a check to cover what it calls the
profit from use of the word "Frappicino" — a check for
$6.
… In his sarcastic
response letter, Exit 6 owner Jeff Britton also
wrote that the brewery "never thought that our beer drinking
customers would have thought that the alcoholic beverage coming out
of the tap would have actually been coffee from one of the many,
many, many stores located a few blocks away."
Exit 6 posted the
letter on its Facebook site and responded with a letter to Kramer and
"Mr. Bucks." The letter said Exit 6 would no longer use
the term "Frappicino" and would instead refer to its beer
as the "F Word."
Britton said in a
telephone interview Tuesday that he brewed up a new batch of "The
F Word" last Friday. By then, the dispute was already drawing
attention on social media, and the beer sold out in three hours.
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