Jeff Stone reports: The hacking collective Anonymous has taken credit for a data breach at the World Trade Organization that resulted in the leak of 53,000 email addresses. Fallout from the infiltration comes amid Anonymous’ Operation Green Rights, an ongoing protect against the construction of a nuclear reactor due to be built by the French…
Month: May 2015
Lawsuit: Home Depot data breach was caused by management’s ‘overarching complacency’ over security
David Allison reports: Consumers hurt in the giant Home Depot data breach have filed a consolidated lawsuit that accuses the company’s management of “overarching complacency when it came to data security.” In a 187-page complaint filed in federal court in Atlanta on May 1, consumers state their case that by allowing the data breach to…
VA: Twins indicted for hacking, wire fraud, and ID theft
On April 30, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, Virginia. They were charged with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer without authorization, access of a protected computer without authorization, conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization, false…
CA: Santa Maria Coco’s Restaurant closes suddenly; ex-employees say personal info left in dumpster
Charlie Misra reports: The sudden closure of Coco’s Bakery and Restaurant in Santa Maria a few days ago was a shock to both employees and customers. Former employees say they’ve been dealt another blow and some of them found their personnel files tossed in the dumpsters out back. Read more on KSBY.
FDIC OIG publishes results of audit of personally identifiable information in owned real estate properties
Buckley Sandler LLP writes: On April 28, the FDIC’s Office of the Inspector General published a report – The FDIC’s Controls for Identifying, Securing, and Disposing of Personally Identifiable Information in Owned Real Estate Properties– regarding its audit of the agency’s internal controls of personally identifiable information (PII) in owned real estate (ORE) properties, which it…
Finra CARDS data breach risk is real
Alessandra Malito reports: Potential security risk concerns over Finra’s highly-debated Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System proposal, or CARDS, are not simply hot air, cybersecurity and big data experts say. The initiative by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., which was recently put on hold for further evaluation amid negative feedback, was proposed as a means of…