The Korea Herald reports:
Police said Monday they are investigating
a hacking case involving a leak of more than 10 million customer data from
a leading South Korean online shopping mall.
An unidentified suspect allegedly
hacked into the server of Interpark Corp. and stole customer information, including
names, addresses and phone numbers, in May, according to police.
Police suspect that the hacker
sent an email containing malicious codes to the company officials and
penetrated its database.
The investigation was launched
earlier this month as the online shopping mall operator reported to police that
the hacker asked for money, threatening to go public with the fact that
Interpark’s data was stolen.
Read more on Korea Herald.
Some things you might not know about Pokémon.
The CIA, NSA and Pokémon Go
Continuing my “no consequences” theme. “Yes, they broke the law we are responsible
for enforcing and if they do it again we may look into actually getting off our
asses and doing something. But don’t
count on it.” (How not to encourage
addicts to seek help?)
File this under “small breach, huge harm.”
Mike Anderson reports
that a woman is suing Pennington County because employees at City County
Alcohol Drug Program (CCADP) violated federal law when they notified law enforcement that they had found a used syringe in her possession
when she came to them, seeking help.
Their notification appears taboo to me under the Confidentiality
Of Alcohol And Drug Abuse Patient Records Regulation (42 CFR
Part 2), but hey, IANAL and all those disclaimers.
Disturbingly,
perhaps, every agency the woman and her legal representative have contacted
refuse to take any action and say that what the program did is permissible.
And what did OCR do when the woman, who spent 200 days in
jail after being convicted on charges, filed a complaint under HIPAA?
Giroux recently received a
response from the Office for Civil Rights, a federal agency that protects an
individual’s civil and privacy rights. Like
the other groups she has reached out to, the OCR said in its letter that it
will not take any punitive action, but with one crucial difference.
Based on Giroux’s description of
events, the letter acknowledged that a breach of federally protected
confidentiality had indeed occurred. The
OCR informed Giroux that it has closed its case against the Pennington County
drug treatment center with one caveat:
If it receives another complaint
alleging that Pennington County drug treatment staff have broken the
confidentiality rights of their clients, “OCR may initiate a formal
investigation of the matter.”
So maybe there wasn’t a breach of 42 CFR Part 2, but there
was a HIPAA breach? And OCR won’t do
anything unless someone else also claims to have been harmed or the victim of a
similar breach?
Wow. That is
terribly disappointing. I’d like to see a record of HHS/OCR notifying them, in
writing, that what they have done violates HIPAA, and don’t do that again.
Perspective. Do you
think that buying failed companies is the road to success? I don’t see this working, but I have been
spectacularly wrong in the past. So,
what do I know.
Yahoo Deal Could Put Verizon in Google and Facebook's League
Verizon Communications on Monday announced that it had
entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yahoo's operating business for
approximately US$4.83 billion in cash. The deal, which comes on the heels of
Verizon's $4.4 billion AOL purchase last year, will allow it to expand its
digital advertising business.
… However,
"going forward, it's not a new beginning for Yahoo," added Steve
Blum, principal analyst at Tellus
Venture Associates.
"It's more likely to be broken apart and recombined
with AOL and other Verizon assets," he told the E-Commerce Times.
… "Remember
that Microsoft offered $45 billion for essentially the same deal in 2008,"
said Tirias' Teich.
"That should put the current $4.8 billion price in
context," he added.
"Yahoo's biggest problem is sinking value,"
observed Blum.
"In 2008, Microsoft's offer at the time was
considered a bargain basement price -- Yahoo hit $125 billion during the
dot-com boom," he recalled. "From a shareholder's perspective, $4.8
billion now is a better play than likely taking less in a year or two."
Architecting a business model.
How Industrial Firms Can Pivot to Digital Business Models
… For example,
Walmart dominated the retail market for a long time and yet it is battling
Amazon for its future. How about the
yellow-page companies — where are they now?
Nowhere to be found, because they didn’t understand the web and search
and so left the market to Google. Is the
same going to be true for the hotel industry, in that existing giants such as
Starwood and Marriott will capture the future opportunity for us all renting
out houses or will Airbnb own the market? As for cars and transport, will it be owned by
GM, Ford or Uber and its Chinese rivals? So the question for the industrial giants of
today — whether they are in oil production, car manufacturing or real estate
development — is this: What is your future business model? Will it be inside out (organization-centric)
or outside in (network-centered)?
(Related) An
Infographic for my Data Management students.
Infographic: Moving Digital Transformation Forward
Why? Is the UK more
forward thinking? How? Do they have
easier laws or easier politicians?
Amazon Expands Drone Testing in Britain
Amazon has partnered with
the British government to significantly expand drone testing, a move
that could allow the devices to deliver packages to British homes far earlier
than in the United States.
Under the
partnership, Britain’s aviation regulator will let Amazon test several aspects
of drone technology — such as piloting the machines beyond the line of sight of
its operators — that the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States
has not permitted. The tests, which are an important sign of confidence in Britain [??? Bob] after its historic vote last
month to leave the European Union, are to begin immediately.
Interesting high-level summary. This might start some businesses thinking,
but I doubt anyone in government can think.
How Is the Federal Government Using the Internet of Things?
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jul 25, 2016
How
Is the Federal Government Using the Internet of Things? By Daniel Castro,
Joshua New & Alan McQuinn. July 25, 2016: “The Internet of Things (IoT)—a term used to describe the set of physical
objects embedded with sensors or actuators and connected to a network—offers
numerous opportunities for the federal government to cut costs and improve
citizen services. Moreover, because the
Internet of Things generates positive network externalities, widespread
adoption by the government will spur commercial adoption. While early adopters in the federal government
have already demonstrated the potential of this technology with projects that
improve public safety, reduce energy use, enhance military capabilities, and
improve worker health, overall adoption across federal agencies is still very
low. The federal government faces a
number of challenges that have slowed the adoption of the Internet of Things in
the public sector. First, there is a lack of strategic leadership at the federal
level about how to make use of the Internet of Things. Second, federal agencies do not always have
workers with the necessary technical skills to effectively use data generated
by the Internet of Things. Third,
federal agencies do not have sufficient funding to modernize their IT
infrastructure and begin implementing IoT pilot projects. Fourth, even when funding exists, federal
procurement policies often make it difficult for agencies to quickly and easily
adopt the technology. Finally, risks and
uncertainty—about privacy, security, interoperability, and return on
investment—delay federal adoption as potential federal users wait for the
technology to mature and others to adopt first…”
Publish or perish?
Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking, 2008 – 2015
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jul 25, 2016
Washington and Lee School of Law – “The purpose of the Law Journal Rankings Project is to give scholars a
resource to locate law journals by subject, country or publication, or ranking
(where available), to display journal editorial information, and to facilitate
an author’s article submission to those journals. The site currently ranks journals based on
citation data from a 2007-2014 survey period. The site is updated annually. In February 2016 the site will be updated with
data from a 2008-2015 survey period. Most bar journals, magazines, and newsletters
are excluded from this list.
- See also -Allen Rostron & Nancy Levit, Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals, July 23, 2016 [via Harvey Morrell]
I hope this is because they are no longer needed, not
because the Brits think they need to get the word out in case Donald Trump is
elected?
BBC open access to archive of plans for response to nuclear
war
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jul 25, 2016
BBC Magazine – The BBC’s detailed plans for nuclear war: “For the
first time, the BBC has given detailed access to the plans it drew up in the
Cold War for a Wartime Broadcasting System to operate in the event of nuclear
war. Paul Reynolds, a former BBC
diplomatic and foreign correspondent, has been studying the secrets of what was
known as the “War Book”.
Investing on a whim? As random as finding a rare Pokémon.
Nintendo Slumps By Most Since 1990 on Dashed Pokemon Go Hopes
Nintendo Co. shares plunged by the most since 1990 after the company said late Friday that the financial
benefits from the worldwide hit Pokemon Go will be limited.
The stock sank 18 percent to 23,220 yen at the close in
Tokyo, the maximum one-day move allowed by the exchange, wiping out 708 billion
yen ($6.7 billion) in market value.
… The correction
comes after Pokemon Go’s release almost doubled Nintendo’s stock through
Friday’s close, adding $17.6 billion in market capitalization. Nintendo is a shareholder in the game’s
developer Niantic Inc. and Pokemon Co., but has an "effective economic
stake" of just 13 percent in the app, according to an estimate by
Macquarie Securities analyst David Gibson.
Perhaps I could use this in my classroom. All my students have Smartphones –
unfortunately, I don’t.
A Crowd-sourced List of Google Cardboard Apps & Videos
During the ISTE conference this year I met Jack Bosley who
is an educational technology teacher in Kentucky. He introduced himself after the panel
discussion, hosted by Samsung, about virtual reality in education. Jack shared with me a Google Form that he created to crowd-source a list of
apps and videos to use in Google Cardboard viewers in classrooms. So far the form has gathered thirty entries. And you can contribute to the list here. If you make
a submission through the form, you will have access to the list.
Jack has also put together a great introductory presentation
about Google Cardboard. That
presentation can be seen here.
People looking to learn more about virtual reality in
education may be interested in the studies that I highlighted in this post that I published at the end of June.
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