Kathianne Boniello reports:
Data pirates beware: A Manhattan real-estate company has you in its sights.
Reis Services LLC, which runs a database of commercial properties in more than 7,000 neighborhoods across the country, wants a court to unmask the information thief who has been accessing its proprietary reports for free, according to a Manhattan federal lawsuit.[…]
The thief is using log-in credentials assigned to a “well-known Fortune Global 500 financial institution” in New York, the suit claims.
Read more on New York Post.
So what did they do to block/stop the unauthorized access other than changing the client’s login credentials (assuming they did that)?
Update: It turns out they did a lot. The complaint explains the evidence they have and the steps they took to investigate and stop the problem.