The Daily Populous

Wednesday September 27th, 2017 evening edition

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Target's former CEO held on for four months before leaving in May 2014 in the wake of a major data breach at the retailer in late 2013.

But Anthem's CEO did not leave that company after a 2015 data breach that exposed personal information for 79 million people.

The second-largest U.S. insurer recently settled with victims of the hack for $115 million, the biggest data breach settlement yet.

For starters, Equifax waited 40 days from the time it discovered the breach in late July to its public disclosure on Sept. 7.

Waiting 40 days "is pushing it," said Nathan Taylor, a cybersecurity lawyer at Morrison Foerster who has represented big companies in data breaches.

Equifax's hack affected as many as 143 million people, including personal identifying information such as Social Security numbers, names and birth dates.

Worse, says Yale School of Management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, the company appeared to have no clear CEO succession plan. »

Protesters Banned At Jeff Sessions Lecture On Free Speech

Authored by lawnewz.com

Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III visited the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. today in order to give a lecture on Freedom of Speech.

As Sessions read prepared remarks about plans to “defend free speech,” as attorney general, some students managed to silently protest him inside the auditorium by duct-taping their mouths shut.

Meanwhile, hundreds of students and dozens of law professors protested the speech as well–standing outside the building with signs and chanting through bullhorns as Sessions spoke. »

Mike Pence warns U.S. heading for Canada-style health care if Graham-Cassidy bill fails

Authored by globalnews.ca

Mike Pence made the remarks in an interview last week with Alaska radio station KFQD.

Pence warned that if the legislative effort collapses, the U.S. will be on a course for something similar to Canada.

That’s because the Democratic party is starting to rally to an unprecedented degree around the idea of single-payer health care as a long-term solution to the U.S.’s endless health debates. »

Mark Cuban Loaned Mavericks Plane to J.J. Barea for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief

Authored by bleacherreport.com

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban loaned the team plane to Mavs guard J.J. Barea so he could bring supplies to his native Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

Tim MacMahon of ESPN passed along the news and noted Barea is scheduled to return Tuesday night with his mother and grandmother.

The 33-year-old Puerto Rican national team standout started a YouCaring crowdfunding effort after Hurricane Maria, which has already raised over $140,000 from 850 donors. »

Large meteorite impacts drove plate-tectonic processes on the early Earth

Authored by crocros.com

An international study led by researchers at Macquarie University has uncovered the ways in which giant meteorite impacts may have helped to kick-start our planet’s global tectonic processes and magnetic field.

The study, being published in the premier journal Nature Geoscience, explores the effect of meteorite bombardment, in geodynamic simulations of the early Earth.

Overall, the study adds evidence towards the fact that meteorite impacts likely had a role in the formation of the Earth that we know today. »