Lawyer loses hard drive with patient records

A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Mark G. Midei for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. The drive was lost Aug. 4 by an employee of the firm Baxter, Baker,…

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Microsoft lawyer claims no botnet is indestructible

No botnet is invulnerable, a Microsoft lawyer involved with the Rustock take-down said, countering claims that another botnet was “practically indestructible.” “If someone says that a botnet is indestructible, they are not being very creative legally or technically,” Richard Boscovich, a senior attorney with Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit said. “Nothing…

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