Elizabeth Blosfield

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5 05, 2021

Pennsylvania Contract Tracing Breach Impacts Private Info of 72K People

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Employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Pennsylvania may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people, including their exposure status and their sexual orientation, the state Health Department said. Workers at Atlanta-based Insight …

28 04, 2021

New York Warns of Supply Chain Attack Dangers in Recent SolarWinds Report

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The next great financial crisis could come from a cyber attack. At least, that’s according to New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell in a statement regarding DFS’ recent report outlining its investigation into the SolarWinds …

28 04, 2021

Insuring Cyber Podcast: Social Engineering Risks Rising, but Cyber Coverage Still Lacks

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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the work environment in many ways, and cyber experts say one unfortunate result of the switch to remote work is an increase in cyber crime, particularly around social engineering threats. “The bottom line here is …

27 04, 2021

New Jersey to Bake Climate Change Risk Into Policies, Share Costs

By | April 27th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New Jersey to Bake Climate Change Risk Into Policies, Share Costs

New Jersey will incorporate the impacts of climate change and rising seas into all its major policy decisions in the near future, and will seek to share the costs of protecting the state among all levels of government and the …

27 04, 2021

Expert Explains Mental Health Report on Newspaper Gunman

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A key expert for prosecutors in the Capital Gazette shooting testified Friday that the gunman’s methodical planning both for the attack and for after it indicate he is legally sane and criminally responsible for killing five people at the newsroom …

19 04, 2021

New Jersey Governor Proposes New Gun Control, Safety Measures

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New Jersey would mandate safety courses in order to get a gun permit, require lockboxes for out-of-use firearms and change state law to hold firearm makers liable for harm stemming from gun use, among other changes proposed in the dozen …

19 04, 2021

Liberty University Sues Jerry Falwell Jr., Seeking Millions in Damages

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Liberty University has filed a civil lawsuit against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking tens of millions in damages after the two parted ways acrimoniously last year. The complaint, filed Thursday in Lynchburg Circuit Court, alleges Falwell crafted a …

16 04, 2021

New York City Begins $1.5B Project to Protect Manhattan from Floods

By | April 16th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New York City Begins $1.5B Project to Protect Manhattan from Floods

New York City has embarked on a $1.45 billion resiliency project in lower Manhattan along the East River, an area devastated by flooding in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project, …

16 04, 2021

Massachusetts Regulators Seek to Revoke Robinhood’s License; Brokerage Sues

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Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood’s broker-dealer license after charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits, while the online brokerage sued to invalidate a new rule underlying the case. Massachusetts Secretary of …

14 04, 2021

Insuring Cyber Podcast: What the ‘New Normal’ Means for Cyber Insurers, Coverage

By | April 14th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Insuring Cyber Podcast: What the ‘New Normal’ Means for Cyber Insurers, Coverage

More than a year has passed since pandemic-related government restrictions began, causing many businesses around the world to shift their workforce to remote. With increased reliance on technology, new work environments and greater use of at-home devices and networks in …