The Target breach is having some effects we might not normally anticipate. Stephen Dean reports that the bank that issues debit cards used for state unemployment benefits has been so tied up reissuing credit and debit cards from the Target breach that people waiting for unemployment debit cards have been delayed in receiving them. And…
Month: February 2014
Neiman Marcus Wants Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Killed
idRADAR reports that (no surprise) Neiman Marcus has moved to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit stemming from its recently disclosed data breach. Unlike other lawsuits where lead plaintiffs haven’t even experienced any fraudulent use of their data, the plaintiff in this case had incurred fraudulent charges on her card – which she attributes to…
What is “Expedient” Notification of a “Data Breach?”
Craig Hoffman and Charlie Shih write: One of the first questions companies ask us when we are hired to help them respond to a new security incident is how fast they have to notify if the investigation shows that a “breach” occurred. Except for a couple of states that require notification to occur no later…
Hackers used previously unknown Internet Explorer flaw in new attacks
Joseph Menn reports: A previously unknown flaw in a recent version of Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer web browser is being used to attack Internet users, including some visitors to a major site for U.S. military veterans, researchers said Thursday. Security firm FireEye Inc discovered the attacks against IE 10 this week, saying that hundreds or…
NY: Another arrest in Golden Town Buffet skimming case
Albany Times Union reports the latest development in a card skimming case that affected customers at the Golden Town Buffet last summer; A Manhattan man was arrested in an investigation into credit-card skimming at a Glenmont restaurant, town police said Thursday. In August, authorities used a search warrant at Golden Town Buffet on Route 9W as…
Ex-Miami cop gets 12 years for ID theft, tax fraud
There’s another update to a case involving corrupt Miami law enforcement officers previously covered on this blog. Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald recently reported that Malinsky Bazile was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing hundreds of people’s names from a Florida driver’s license database to score $140,000 in fraudulent income-tax refunds (h/t, eSecurityPlanet).