Will Judge Ester Salas ever get to rule in FTC v. Wyndham? I had hoped the court would issue a ruling on Wyndham’s motion to dismiss shortly after the November oral argument on the motion, but here we are three months later, and both sides are still introducing supplemental authorities to bolster their respective positions….
Month: February 2014
IL: Arby’s employee accused of stealing credit card info
Rachel Cromidas reports: A Niles Arby’s employee was arrested Saturday after he was accused of stealing credit card information from the sandwich chain’s customers. Angle Cruz, 24, of the 800 block of North Mozart Avenue, was arrested late Saturday night in the South Loop on charges of using stolen credit card account information to spend…
UK: Councillor rapped for speaking to newspapers about data breach
Remember when documents with sensitive information on Victoria Climbié were found in abandoned council offices? Ruth McKee reports: A councillor who blew the whistle on confidential data found lying in the middle of the former Southgate Town Hall has been punished for revealing the extent of the security breach. Henry Lamprecht, ward councillor for Southgate Green…
UK: Police censured for data breaches
Hundreds of police staff, including high-ranking officers, have been censured for breaching data protection laws – from snooping on their children and ex-wives, to social media gaffes. And in one case, a Pc got into hot water after wrongly telling family members that a loved one had died. Others breached data protection regulations to access…
NI Department of Justice fined for data breach
BBC reports: Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice has been fined £185,000 for auctioning off a filing cabinet that contained personal information about victims of a terrorist attack. The locked cabinet was one of 59 sold off by the Compensation Agency in 2012. When the buyer forced it open, they found it contained documents about injuries…
Wide Area and Sensing Conference Hacked, Database Leaked for #OpbigBrother
Today an Anonymous hacker posted a leak of data to zerobin that comes from the Wide Area (https://wasc.rmtech.org/) and Sensing Conference held by Rocky Mountain Technology Alliance (https://rmtech.org/). The Conference which use to go by the name of High Altitude and Near Space Conference was recently change to the Wide Area and Sensing Conference but it appears some where along the…