A rise in cyber attacks against doctors and hospitals is costing the U.S. health-care system $6 billion a year as organized criminals who once targeted retailers and financial firms increasingly go after medical records, security researchers say. Criminal attacks against health-care providers have more than doubled in the past five years, with the average data breach costing a hospital $2.1 million, according to a study from the Ponemon Institute, a security research and consulting firm.
Judge Lets Facebook Sue Law Firms in Forged Document Case
Facebook Inc. may pursue a lawsuit against law firms that represented a New York man who recently turned fugitive rather than face federal charges that he tried to defraud founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the company, a judge ruled. New York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower said Facebook and Zuckerberg could move forward with a lawsuit alleging law firms, including DLA Piper LLP and Milberg LLP, maliciously prosecuted claims by Paul Ceglia that were based on forged documents.
White House Picks Princeton Professor as Deputy U.S. CTO
The White House is adding one of the tech policy world’s most valuable players to it’s roster: Princeton Professor Ed Felten. The White House announced that Felten will join the Office of Science and Technology Policy as deputy U.S. chief technology officer. In his decades long career, Felten has carved out a role as one of the world’s top thinkers on computer security and privacy — tackling technically difficult topics and translating them for Washington insiders.
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