DtR Episode 101 - NewsCast for July 14th, 2014

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Topics covered

• Florida Information Protection Acf of 2014 is in the books, and it brings "sweeping changes" to the data breach disclosure process in Florida. Good thing or bad? You decide
  • http://www.scmagazine.com/fla-passes-sweeping-data-breach-notification-bill/article/357858/
  • http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1526/?Tab=RelatedBills
  • http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/1524
• The DoJ has nabbed a 'prolific hacker'... a Russian national. Russia calls it kidnapping. Tensions flare. Again.
  • http://mashable.com/2014/07/08/russian-man-hacking-retailers/
• Chinese man charged with industrial espionage
  • http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/chinese-businessman-charged-with-hacking-boeing-and-lockheed/
• US Banks are calling for a "Cyber War Council" (so much wrong here, it's incredible...)
  • http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-07-08/banks-dreading-computer-hacks-call-for-cyber-war-council#p2
• The ultra-ultra-legacy code problem and why we're not getting security any higher up the ladder any time soon
  • http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-25/the-talent-that-keeps-your-50-year-old-software-running-is-retiring-dot-now-what
• Payroll processing company Paytime was hacked and breached. But in the midst of the rush to file law suits, at least one company is pledging to stand by Paytime in this rough time... sanity prevails?
  • http://www.witf.org/news/2014/07/at-least-one-company-stands-by-paytime-after-data-breach.php

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