News & Commentary October 2, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research U.S. Cities Turn to ‘Cyber Insurance’ in Response to Hackers While social media, ecommerce, healthcare, and more have all benefited from (or were made possible by) technology, the transfer of our lives to the internet has come at a cost. With more of our sensitive information online than ever – data that is tremendously valuable for both companies and individuals – there… Read More September 19, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research Facebook Under Fire from British Lawmakers Policymakers worldwide show no signs of letting up their increased scrutiny of Facebook. A British parliamentary committee investigating Russian election influencing campaigns has recommended sweeping regulations on tech companies, while accusing the social media giant of being disingenuous or outright obstructing lines of questioning. “Facebook should not be in a position of… Read More August 30, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research Department of Justice Arrests Members of FIN7 Hacking Group The US Department of Justice announced on August 1 that it had filed charges against “three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern Europe,” called FIN7. Dmytro Federov, Fedir Hladyr, and Andrii Kolpakov have been charged with 26 felony counts each, including conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking,… Read More August 21, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research The End of Apple and Samsung’s Patent Wars Samsung and Apple Inc.’s seven-year legal battle over smartphone patents has finally reached a resolution. The companies agreed to an undisclosed settlement at the end of June, resolving the most prominent of several lawsuits, in which Apple alleged that Samsung had “slavishly” copied the design of Apple’s vaunted iPhone. The cases played… Read More August 6, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research California’s Sweeping New Privacy Laws California state legislators passed a sweeping digital privacy law at the end of June, giving consumers increased control over their online data. The legislation also gives internet users in the state greater insight into how their information is collected and spread by technology companies. The bill, which evolved from draft into law… Read More July 30, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research Facebook’s Data-Sharing Partnerships and the Limits of Privacy Protections Our world runs increasingly on data. Concurrent with the rise of tools developed to analyze and glean insights from massive reams of information is the ascendance of data as a kind of currency—an aggregation of potential insights to help companies sell products, services, and more. Tech giants like Amazon, Google, Apple, and… Read More July 3, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research Europe’s New Privacy Laws Mean Field Day for Lawyers and Activists The European Union’s new data-protection rules are officially in effect. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the world’s most stringent set of regulations to protect internet users’ online data, and its effects are reverberating far beyond Europe. In this post we examine the details of the GDPR, the circumstances that led… Read More June 19, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research Europe’s Regulator Extraordinaire: Margrethe Vestager Data is currency for the biggest tech companies in the world. Apple, Facebook, Google, and other giants have predicated extremely successful business models around harvesting and leveraging data from their users. But recent scandals involving misuse of data have caught the public’s attention, leading to questions about how user information is collected… Read More June 7, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research ICOs, Securities, and the Threat of Fraud Cryptocurrency is having a powerful moment. Once a niche concern, digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are now known quantities even among casual investors and news readers. Skyrocketing values, the hallmark of 2017’s crypto boom, made for great headlines as pundits declared that digital currencies were here to stay. But mainstream recognition… Read More June 4, 2018 • by Quandary Peak Research Russian LinkedIn Hacker Faces Charges in the U.S. A Russian man accused of hacking numerous American companies was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States in March 2018. Yevgeniy Nikulin, who allegedly hacked LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring in 2012, used employee credentials for improper activity and also conspired to illegally sell the obtained data. Mr. Nikulin is facing… Read More 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next »
