Popular Texas restaurant under fire after dumpster discovery
Alex Achten reports: It was a startling surprise for neighbors who found papers containing social security numbers, bank accounts, and other personal information blowing across their yards over the...
View ArticleNullCrew member sentenced to 45 months (update1)
Jason Meisner reports: A Tennessee man was sentenced Tuesday in Chicago’s federal court to nearly four years in prison for his role in a notorious group of cybercriminals responsible for a destructive...
View ArticleNew Zealand Nurses Organisation notifies 47,000 members of breach
From the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand’s office, this statement: Headline: Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help If you’re one of the 47 thousand members of the New Zealand Nurses...
View ArticleAnxiety not a claim for damages in Barnes & Nobles data breach case
Karen Kidd writes: Plaintiffs in a data breach class action lawsuit against Barnes & Noble fixed their standing problem but still couldn’t adequately allege damages, a Pittsburgh attorney says....
View ArticleMicrosoft Says Russian Hackers Exploited Flaw in Windows
Jay Greene and Robert McMillan report: The hackers believed responsible for breaking into computers at the Democratic National Committee have exploited previously undisclosed flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s...
View ArticleNationwide data breach class action to continue after Sixth Circuit ruling
Michelle de Leon writes: A panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declared the victims of a data breach suffered by Nationwide Insurance no longer need to establish...
View ArticleMapco Data Breach Class-Action: How To Get Your Settlement
There’s a follow-up to a 2013 payment card breach involving MAPCO that was followed by litigation. Now the litigation has resulted in a settlement offer, it seems. J.R. Lind reports: To qualify, you...
View ArticleNC: Two Men Sentenced To Prison On Wire Fraud Conspiracy Charges For...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jamel Ski Yates, a/k/a “Goo,” 43, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 36 months in prison on federal wire fraud conspiracy charges...
View ArticleColoradan Apologizes After 1.9 Million Photobucket Accounts Hacked
Rick Salinger reports: A 29 month prison sentence was handed down on Tuesday to a Colorado man who pleaded guilty to charges involving a massive photo hacking scheme. Brandon Bourret, of Colorado...
View ArticleUK: Former Lex Autolease employee prosecuted for selling customer data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Mr Karun Tandon has been prosecuted at Manchester Magistrates’ Court for offences of unlawfully obtaining and selling personal data. The defendant, who...
View ArticleOR: Sentinel Hotel Notifies Guests of Payment Card Incident
Sentinel Hotel announced today that it has taken action to investigate and address an incident affecting payment card data at the hotel’s front desk. After receiving reports of unauthorized charges...
View ArticleWeb of Trust (WOT) Add-on taken down by Chrome & Firefox
Matthew Humphries reports: Browser extensions have become an essential part of surfing the Internet. They add security, useful extra features, and act as a testing ground for functionality that may...
View ArticleCA: Former Davis apartment manager gets prison for ID theft
Lauren Keene reports: The former property manager for an East Davis apartment complex was sentenced to four years and three months in prison Thursday for committing identity theft and other crimes, the...
View ArticleSecurity breach in shopping app AliExpress
Daniel Gilenson reports: A security breach was discovered in the popular shopping application AliExpress. In the last several days details of many users who requested to remain anonymous were exposed...
View ArticleCisco jobs portal exposed personal data
ITnews reports: Wrongly configured security settings in a Cisco portal used for job applications has resulted in the leak of personal data online. The networking vendor told affected individuals that a...
View ArticleCustomers for more than a hundred car dealerships across the US were put at...
Zack Whittaker reports: If you bought a car in the last few years, there’s a good chance your personal information may have found its way to the open internet. Names, addresses, phone numbers and...
View ArticleRingleader Of Tampa Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft Ring Sentenced To...
Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Michel Lermos-Hernandez (40, Tampa) to 16 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated...
View ArticleYahoo hack: Yahoo said its employees knew about the hack in 2014
ITPro reports: In a securities filing on Wednesday, Yahoo said some of its employees knew that a “state-sponsored actor” had broken into its network two years ago. This was the attack that led to theft...
View ArticleUK: ICO aims at 400 online gambling companies for misuse of personal data
Alexander J. Martin reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office has penned and sent more than 400 letters to online gambling businesses it believes are using personal data to promote their websites....
View Article15 state attorneys general settle with Adobe over 2013 data breach
Attorney General George Jepsen joined 14 other state attorneys general today in announcing a $1 million data breach settlement with the software and technology company Adobe Systems, Inc. The...
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