Following my post on the subject last week, I had the chance to speak with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN regarding the class action suit filed against LinkedIn following their recent high-profile data breach. In the brief interview, I explain the background of the case, what damages the plaintiffs are alleging and why it’s too
June 2012
“The Disconnect” – Let’s Talk About It
An interesting new study by CORE Security highlights a disconnect between the boardroom and the IT room in Corporate America with respect to how each view threats to IT infrastructure security. The study found that, “[m]ore than 60% of CISOs [Chief Information Security Officers] responding said that they are very concerned about their IT systems…
LinkedIn Sued Over Data Breach
Well THAT didn’t take long! Less than 10 days after LinkedIn announced that it suffered a data breach of approximately 6.5 million user passwords, a class action lawsuit was filed against it in California federal court seeking in excess of $5 million. The lawsuit alleges that, contrary to its Privacy Policy, LinkedIn failed to comply…
Should Companies Be Allowed To Ask Their Employees For Their Social Media Passwords?
Tom Barnett, Managing Director and eDiscovery Practice Leader for Stroz Friedberg, has written an article entitled “What Happens on Facebook Stays on Facebook”. The article provides a good overview of legislation passed recently by the Maryland legislature, which prohibits an employer or prospective employer from asking their employees or prospective employees…
FTC Action – Companies Must Guard Against Software That Threatens Private Information
Flying “under the radar” this week as a result of the high profile LinkedIn data breach, was news that the Federal Trade Commission charged two businesses with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of consumers by allowing peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software to be installed on their corporate computer systems. P2P software is commonly used…