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Why are wireless mice vulnerable to hacking? Unencrypted communication with computers is what guide the mice.
What does that mean? For $20, someone a block away can trick your computer into using its mouse and steal your data.
Why would regulators care? Because regulators stress encryption in data security.
Reuters | Wireless mice leave billions at risk of computer hack: cyber security firm
What entities are the new targets for data security enforcement? HIPPA adjacent health and wellness companies.
Why are HIPPA adjacent health and wellness companies the focus of regulators? These companies collect and store personal health information. For example:
What kind of enforcement actions are being considered for this health care app data? Regulators are looking for reasonable & appropriate data storage and data security protection.
Health Data Management | FTC steps up protection of consumer health data
The U.S. Justice Department arrested invididuals that attempted to break into a small dam to disrupt operations. The informed intel:
Washington Post | U.S. charges Iran-linked hackers with targeting banks, N.Y. dam
What happened that led to a lawsuit? A health care network experienced a data breach, followed its internal protocols to handle the data breach.
What did the plaintiff’s allege that the health care network didn’t do that caused them harm? health network had violated the HITECH Act in protecting personal health information
What did the courts say? “There is no case law that suggests that an isolated privacy breach or discrete series of related breaches constitute a violation of the HITECH Act,” states the district court opinion. “Moreover, the Relator fails to allege that KHN failed to implement policies and procedures to address various security risks.”
What’s the take away? When a health care provider follows data breach protocols to protect health records, following those steps shows protections for health records.
Health IT Security | US Appeals Court Affirms FCA Healthcare Data Breach Case
What happened on University of California campuses to cause a UC hacker policy? In 2015 Hackers Broke into the UCLA Medical Center.
In response to the hack what policy did UC officials enact? UC installed data monitors that stores internet traffic on campuses for 30 days
Do faculty like this idea? No, UC has a policy dating back to the 1930s that providers for collaborative policy making in conjunction with faculty input. It’s all very Californian.
Did UC create a greater data security risk? Some say yes, because capturing and storing 30 days of university internet traffic is a treasure trove of data for hackers
Which UC official decided to install data collection monitors? Janet Napolitano, the university president and a former secretary of homeland security in the Obama administration
NPR | All Things Considered | At Calif. Campuses, A Test For Free Speech, Privacy And Cybersecurity
Who is touting new legislative approach to cyberstalking? Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
What does her bill do?
SC Magazine | SXSW: Dem. lawmaker plans to introduce online harassment legislation
BuxxFeed | Congresswoman Unveils Plans To Prosecute Severe Online Threats Against Women
Data security of self-driving cars spurs calls for uniform data security standards for self-driving cars.
Have there been a push for self driving car regulations or statutes in Texas ? Yes, why yes, there has. 84R HB 933
Did those pushes include data security issues? No.
The Hill | Lawmakers worry about cyberattacks on self-driving cars
Wired | Thousands of Trucks, Buses, and Ambulances May Be Open to Hackers
What’s Congress’ new cybersecurity idea? To ” increase information sharing among the Homeland Security Department and state and local governments about cyber threats and vulnerabilities”
Whose idea is this? Congressman Will Hurd filed a bill in December 2015 & Sens. Gary Peters and David Perdue are introducing a bill in March 2016
Politico | Warner, McCaul and Obama talk tech in Austin