I would assume that NASDAQ had
outsourced their security. Looks like they aren't managing that too
well.
"NASDAQ's aging
software and out of date security patches played a key part in
the stock exchange being hacked last year, according to the reported
preliminary results of an FBI investigation. Forensic investigators
found some PCs and servers with out-of-date software and uninstalled
security patches, Reuters reported, including Microsoft Windows
Server 2003. The stock exchange had also incorrectly configured some
of its firewalls. NASDAQ, which prides itself on running some of the
fastest client-facing systems in the financial world, does have a
generally sound PC and network architecture, the FBI reportedly
found. But sources close to the investigation told Reuters that
NASDAQ had been an 'easy target' because of the specific security
problems found. Investigators had apparently expressed surprise that
the stock exchange had not been more vigilant."
Don't go after Facebook, go after the
individual... Got it!
No
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy on Facebook, Pa. Judge Says
November 24, 2011 by Dissent
Ben Present writes:
Even without
appellate case law in Pennsylvania to provide guidance on the
discoverability of information on Facebook, the standard is becoming
clear: Post at your own risk.
Three courts in
this state have now decided that, if a party in a civil case posts
information on his or her Facebook page, and that information appears
to contradict statements in discovery or testimony, then the party’s
Facebook page falls within the scope of discovery.
In the most recent
case, Largent v. Reed, a Franklin County judge ordered plaintiff
Jennifer Largent to turn over her Facebook username and password to
defendant Jessica Rosko, who allegedly caused an auto accident that
left plaintiffs Jennifer and Keith Largent with “serious and
permanent physical and mental injuries.”
Read more on Law.com
[From the article:
The SCA did not apply to Largent,
Walsh said, because Rosko was seeking information directly from the
plaintiff rather than serving subpoenas on Facebook, itself. Walsh
said the SCA only covered internet service providers,
though he acknowledged the "terms are somewhat confusing because
they reflect the state of computing technology as it existed in
1986."
Largent joins Zimmerman v.
Weis Markets Inc. and McMillen v. Hummingbird Speedway Inc.
as defense victories in a sprouting body of case law dealing with
Facebook. The apparently lone plaintiff win on the subject in
Pennsylvania -- Piccolo v. Paterson -- came after the
plaintiffs attorney successfully argued his case was distinguishable
from McMillen because there were no allegations his
client posted one thing and said another.
… Walsh said making a Facebook page
"private" does not shield it from discovery because even
private posts are shared with other people.
Isn't this another “go after the
individual” case?
Belgacom
Can’t Be Told to Block File Sharing: EU
November 24, 2011 by Dissent
Stephanie Bodoni reports:
Belgacom SA
(BELG)’s Internet-service provider Scarlet can’t be forced by a
national court to block users from illegally sharing music and video
files, the European Union’s highest court said.
“EU law
precludes the imposition of an injunction by a national court which
requires an internet service provider to install a filtering system
with a view to preventing the illegal downloading of files,” the EU
Court of Justice in Luxembourg said in a statement after today’s
ruling.
Read more on Bloomberg.
The European Digital Rights (EDRI)
welcomed the ruling:
Today the Court of
justice of the European Union ruled that a proposed measure ordering
an Internet service provider to install a system of filtering of all
electronic communications and blocking certain content in order to
protect intellectual property rights was in breach of European law.
This result is
hugely important, as it protects the openness of the Internet. The
alternative would have been a decision which would ultimately have
put all European networks under permanent surveillance and filtering.
This would have had major negative consequences for both fundamental
rights and the online economy in Europe.
Read more on EDRI.
[From the article:
SABAM wanted Scarlet to filter all
peer-to-peer traffic and block potentially unlawful peer-to-peer
communications. [That sounds crazy... Bob]
For my fellow teachers...
Jeff Borden and his colleagues at
Pearson eCollege have created a directory
of 500 e-learning tools. [Excel
spreadsheet]
Half my students don't understand me
now. Imagine the fun I could have with this!
Say
What? Talking Trash Through the Ages
History is full of silver-tongued
scoundrels. So if you find yourself in a 19th-century battle of
wits, best not to bring a dagger to a musket fight. The solution for
any quantum leaper: Jonathon Green’s new book, Green’s Dictionary
of Slang, a 6,200-page lexicon spanning more than half a millennium.
Okay, this doesn't help...
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