Emily Spaven reports: Third-party payment processor EgoPay suffered a hack in late December, the company has confirmed in a blog post. The post claims the person or persons involved interfered with a number of transactions. Read more on CoinDesk. Reporter’s name corrected post-publication.
Month: January 2015
Boomerang continues to demonstrate how NOT to handle a possible breach
On January 13, I wrote: And for Tuesday’s edition of “How Not to Handle a Reported Breach,” we give you….. (drum roll)…. Boomerang Rentals. Although Boomerang has continued to investigate claims of a breach resulting in fraudulent charges, and have brought in a third party to assist in their investigation, they still haven’t notified consumers…
Divorcing parents promise not to write books ‘dealing with’ (moderately famous) autistic son
This might typically be posted over on PogoWasRight.org, but because it concerns mental health issues, I decided to post it here. Eugene Volokh writes: When should such promises be enforced via an injunction — or when should they lead at least to an injunction against further promotion of a book once it’s already published? A…
Ca: Six month limitation blocks prosecution over breached abortion records at Peterborough hospital
Sarah Frank reports: Although acting privacy commissioner Brian Beamish deems breached abortion files at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre worthy of prosecution, too much time has passed to press charges. Read more on MyKawartha.com. The breach was actually reported to the commissioner’s office in 2011, but at the time, they weren’t as interested in prosecution…
Travelers Sues Web Designer Over Alpine Bank Website Data Breach
Law360 reports: Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of America on Wednesday sued an Illinois-based Web design company, saying the company’s negligence in designing and maintaining a community bank’s website contributed to a data breach for which the insurer was left on the hook. Travelers accuses Ignition Studio Inc. of allowing hackers to access Alpine Bank‘s…
Former Macon nursing home worker sentenced in identity fraud scheme
There’s an update to a breach noted previously on this blog. Amy Leigh Womack reports: A former nursing home worker was sentenced to five years on probation Thursday after she pleaded guilty in an identity fraud scheme involving stolen patient information. Raquel Hogan, who formerly worked as a certified nursing assistant at Medical Management Health and…