Posts Tagged ‘Securities and Exchange Commission’

SEC Considers Updating Disclosure Requirement for Breaches on Public Firms

SEC Considers Updating Disclosure Requirement for Breaches on Public Firms

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro will “seriously consider” issuing additional guidance detailing when public companies should notify the public about cybersecurity breaches, Reuters reports.

“Although we are not aware that investors have asked for more disclosure in this area, I have asked the commission staff to provide me…

SEC Suffers Email Encryption Snafu

About 4,000 employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission have been notified about a breach that may have exposed their Social Security numbers and other payroll information, Los Angeles Times reports.

Drew Malcomb, a Department of Interior spokesman, told Los Angeles Times the sensitive information was included in an unencrypted email sent May 4 by a contractor at the department’s National Business Center,…

Lawmaker Calls for Hacker Crackdown after Nasdaq Intrusion

Lawmaker Calls for Hacker Crackdown after Nasdaq Intrusion

Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey and a member of the Senate Banking Committee, is urging U.S. securities  regulators to crack down on cyber criminals following reports that hackers tried to break into the trading systems run by Nasdaq OMX Group.

The senator sent a letter to the Securities and…