An all too common error. This happens when you follow “Worst
Practices.” Or, more likely, “No Practices.”
Catalin Cimpanu reports:
An ElasticSearch server that was left open on the Internet without a password has leaked the personal information of nearly 57 million Americans for almost two weeks, ZDNet has learned.
The leaky server was spotted by Bob Diachenko, Director of Cyber Risk Research for cyber-security firm Hacken, during a regular security audit of unsecured servers indexed by the Shodan search engine.
Read more on ZDNet.
What makes these scams worth the effort? 6% of
victims pay up!
That Virus
Alert on Your Computer? Scammers in India May Be Behind It
You know the messages. They pop up on your
computer screen with ominous warnings like, “Your computer has been
infected with a virus. Call our toll-free number immediately for
help.”
… Most people ignore these entreaties, which
are invariably scams. But one in five recipients actually talks to
the fake tech-support centers, and 6
percent ultimately pay the operators to “fix” the nonexistent
problem, according to recent consumer surveys by
Microsoft.
As one of the lawyers at a recent Privacy
Foundation seminar quipped, “The EU took seven years to write the
GDPR. California took seven days.” It shows.
FPF and
DataGuidance Comparison Guide: GDPR vs. CCPA
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation
(EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) and the California Consumer Privacy Act
of 2018 (‘CCPA’) both aim to guarantee strong protection for
individuals regarding their personal data and apply to businesses
that collect, use, or share consumer data, whether the information
was obtained online or offline.
… As highlighted by this Guide, the two laws
bear similarity in relation to their definition of certain
terminology; the establishment of additional protections for
individuals under 16 years of age; and the inclusion of rights to
access personal information.
However, the CCPA differs from the GDPR in some
significant ways, particularly with regard to the scope of
application; the nature and extent of collection limitations; and
rules concerning accountability.
(Related) Another way to measure the significance
of the GDPR.
UK fine
against Uber for 2016 data breach would be 200 times bigger in 2018
Uber’s widely publicized data leak from two
years ago has finally resulted in a fine from the UK Information
Commissioner’s Office. The penalty would have been 203
times the amount if the leak had occurred this year, after
the GDPR era took effect in May.
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
has fined ride sharing company Uber £385,000 for failing to protect
customers’ personal information during a cyber attack,” reads the
announcement.
In US dollars, that figure translates into around $492,000.
I admit that I never understood James Joyce.
Perhaps this will help?
Understanding
Great Works: a new research tool on JSTOR
“Understanding
Great Works (Beta) is a free research tool from JSTOR
Labs that fosters student engagement with classic literature by
connecting passages in primary texts with journal articles and book
chapters on JSTOR that cite those lines. Building on the success of
the Understanding Shakespeare tool, Understanding Great Works
encompasses several key works of British literature such as
Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice, the King James Bible, as well
as all Shakespeare sonnets and plays. These initial texts have been
selected in collaboration with Studies
in English Literature and JSTOR Labs plans to add new ones
monthly; we invite you to vote
for the texts you’d like to see next. Understanding
Great Works is a powerful starting point for research within the
primary source; the tool makes it easy to find academic analysis for
literary texts and encourages close reading. The literary texts are
open access on JSTOR, but an institutional or individual access
account may be required to view the full text of the linked journal
articles and book chapters.
Understanding Great Works is integrated on the JSTOR platform and easily accessible from the “Tools” menu on the top of each page. The tool is being released in a beta status, which indicates that the tool is publicly available but we are actively testing and updating the features. A companion LibGuide is also available. If you experience any problems with the site or have feedback, we encourage you to contact us at labs@jstor.org.”
Not really ‘anything,’ but lots of things.
Tools for my students.
Other useful stuff.
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