The ubiquity of information, coupled with conflicting international laws about privacy, data protection and national security laws, is making litigation a minefield of challenges, attorneys agreed at a panel discussion…
A December hack attack that may have originated in China compromised the personal data of up to 4 million current and former federal employees in one of the largest thefts…
The Internal Revenue Service has temporarily shut down a service that allowed individuals to access their own tax-return information for former years online. That’s because third parties who knew what…
A cybersecurity consultant who claims he hacked onto airline computer systems while on board as a passenger and once briefly controlled a plane is being investigated by the FBI.
A sales executive in Bakersfield, California, claims she was fired because she removed an app from her company-issued cellphone that allowed her boss to track her location 24 hours a…
A more efficient way to compare and buy airline tickets. Several ways to test the strength of your password. A website where you can watch the best television programs from…
Like it or not, technology is a necessary part of a modern law practice. In fact, it may be the most important part of a practice outside of lawyers themselves.…
Millions of patient medical records are being breached because of inadequate security measures, says a Journal of the American Medical Association study of government records published on Tuesday.
Operators of the popular Lyft and Uber ride-sharing smartphone applications say drivers who use their own private vehicles to transport passengers who find them via the apps are independent contractors.
Federal officials announced this week that they are offering a $3 million bounty for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Evgeniy Bogachev, a Russian national believed to be…
A number of Wall Street banks are collaborating with BigLaw firms on a project that would potentially allow the legal industry to share information, anonymously, about cybersecurity threats they may…
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