I
would prefer evidence that no records were stolen. This wording
always sounds wishy-washy. Perhaps they did not have their logs
turned on? (Thus generating ‘no evidence.’)
Vancouver
Coastal Health hit by cyberattack, but says 'no evidence' data stolen
An
investigation into a cyberattack at Vancouver Coastal Health turned
up "no evidence" that data was stolen, according to
officials.
Strategic
information leads to tactical blunders?
Chicago
Police Department arrest API shutdown is its own kind of ‘cover up’
… the
department recently shut down its arrest API used by journalists and
researchers. A data API, or application programming interface,
provides access to structured information in a way machines can read,
akin to the difference between getting data in a spreadsheet file
versus copying it by hand into a spreadsheet.
CPD’s
API provided access to comprehensive and timely data about arrests
going back to 2014 in ways that can be processed and analyzed by
software engineers and reporters.
The
Chicago Reporter used the API last month to analyze police tactics
during local mass protests following the Minneapolis police killing
of George Floyd. CPD had released figures stating that the majority
of arrests made on the weekend of May 29 were for criminal conduct
related to looting, not protesting.
But
by using CPD’s own data from the arrest API, we
found the opposite to be true:
the majority of civil unrest-related arrests made that weekend had
been for offenses related to protesting. CPD revised their numbers
and acknowledged that a number of arrests had been miscategorized.
The mayor’s office also addressed the discrepancy in a statement to
The Chicago Reporter, saying it was “working with the Chicago
Police Department to ensure they re-run all data during this period
of time to ensure a more accurate representation of arrests
throughout the city.”
Within
a day of our publishing this analysis, CPD
removed access to the API for all users.
It’s
like many infographics in one. Click for different views…
Strong
Data Encryption Protects Everyone: FPF Infographic Details Crypto
Benefits for Individuals, Enterprises, and Government Officials
Today,
the Future of Privacy Forum released a new tool: the interactive
visual guide “Strong
Data Encryption Protects Everyone..”
The
infographic illustrates how strong encryption protects individuals,
enterprises, and the government.
Curious.
Does this mean that France condones the porn industry? What is the
magic age? Apparently privacy is a two edged sword.
France
to introduce controversial age verification system for adult websites
The
French Parliament unanimously agreed on Thursday to introduce a
nationwide age verification system for pornography websites, months
after President Emmanuel Macron pledged to protect children against
such content.
… The
choice of verification mechanisms will be left up to the platforms.
But lawmakers have suggested using credit card verification — a
system first adopted by the U.K., which mulled similar plans to
control access to pornography but had
to drop them in
late 2019 because of technical difficulties and privacy concerns.
Italy also approved a similar
bill in late June,
which raised the same concerns over its feasibility and compliance
with the EU laws.
Does
that portion of the law date back to the pre-Internet age?
EU
Court: YouTube Not Required to Share Email and IP-Addresses of Movie
Pirates
A
judgment handed down by the EU Court of Justice this morning has
found that online platforms, including YouTube, do not have to hand
over the email addresses, IP addresses, or telephone numbers of
alleged pirates following a request from copyright holders. The
'address' referenced in the Copyright Directive relates to postal
addresses only.
That’s
not Niagara Falls, that’s all those class action lawyers
drooling...
Florida
lawsuit offers glimpse into estimated $1.4B ransomware toll on US
businesses
A
class-action lawsuit seeking $99 million in damages has been lodged
against a Tampa-based healthcare provider for alleged negligence in a
ransomware breach of patient and employee records.
… Orlando-based
Morgan & Morgan filed the claim days after UnityPoint Health
agreed to pay $2.8 million in a preliminary settlement of a similar
ransomware-related negligence lawsuit after a data breach in Iowa.
… Morgan
& Morgan’s suit against Musculoskeletal Institute, which
operates Florida Orthopaedic Institute, alleges its "lackadaisical,
cavalier, reckless, or in the very least, negligent" actions
“resulted in the exposure of (records of) at least 100,000 patients
and potentially in excess of 150,000 current and former patients.”
… According
to ransomware remediator Coveware, however, ransomware attacks
against private entities are underreported, with hackers extorting
$1.4 billion from U.S. businesses in 2019, usually in what are
acknowledged as “data breaches.”
Background.
I bet you don’t know many of these…
Gartner’s
Data Center And Cloud Networking Magic Quadrant Leaders
… By
the end of 2022, the number of enterprise network teams using a
SaaS-based console to manage data center networks will increase by
more than 10 times to over 1,500, according to Gartner’s new 2020
Magic Quadrant For Data Center and Cloud Networking. Another mega
trend Gartner sees is that by 2023, more than 10 percent of large
enterprises will be running on-premises public cloud infrastructure,
such as AWS Outposts, in their private data centers, which is an
increase from less than 1 percent in 2019.
One
final trend key in the networking
industry is
that Gartner predicts by 2025, 20 percent of data center hardware
switches will be procured via an as-a-service model -- up from nearly
zero in early 2020.
If
you clutter your desktop with windows…
How
to Make Windows Transparent in Windows 10
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