"“There is no way to 100% secure data,” said Scott Shackelford, an associate professor of law and ethics at Indiana University. “An attacker with enough t…
"While Congress has not yet passed federal legislation to provide consumers with protections against data breaches, all 50 states and D.C., Guam, Puerto Ri…
"“Every data mishap strengthens the bipartisan case for Congress to take action on data protection,” said Jonathan Mayer, an assistant professor at Princet…
"Riana Pfefferkorn, cryptography fellow at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, said the enforcement action could "light a fire&…
"“One place where we could start would be with a uniform and robust data breach notification standard that’s not watered down and has penalties,” said Dani…
""Given the alleged facts in this case, it wouldn't surprise me at all to see more lawsuits," says Woodrow Hartzog, a law and computer scienc…
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, said a company that has suffered a breach has a duty to notif…
"“The reputational issues … really matter when a consumer is faced with trusting a machine with her safety and getting from point A to Point B without fear…
"According to Andrea Matwyshyn, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, if companies help cyber criminals make money off hacks, t…
"Professor Scott J. Shackelford from Indiana University, states, “Equifax is quickly becoming a case study of what not to do in response to a data breach,…
"Albert Gidari, director of privacy for the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, said, at best, an "indictment is better than silen…
On December 14, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission settled a complaint with the company running the adult finder site Ashley Madison over the 2015 data breach t…