Bryan Lufkin reports: It’s no secret that connected home devices are riddled with security concerns. A recent investigation into Nest thermostats leaking user data onto the internet seemed especially anxiety-inducing, given how incredibly popular the gadgets are. But the story’s not as scary as some reports might lead you to believe. The new research comes out of Princeton’s Center…
Month: January 2016
AU: Telstra privacy breach leaves customer’s voicemail exposed
Hannah Francis reports: When it was time to upgrade to the latest iPhone, Richard Thornton did what he had done many times before. He wiped his old iPhone 5 with a factory reset, removed the SIM card, and sold the device second hand to a private buyer. And then something “scary” happened. The buyer of the iPhone…
BCCA Leaves Open The Risk Of Exposure To Vicarious Liability For Unauthorized Use Of Personal Information By Employees
Ryan Berger of Bull Housser writes: The BC Court of Appeal has affirmed the Chambers Judge’s decision in Ari v. ICBC 2015 BCCA 468. In this case, the putative plaintff advanced a proposed class action claim, alleging an ICBC employee misused personal information of 65 customers. The plaintiff alleged vicarious liability for breach of the statutory tort of invasion…
KR: Credit card firms ordered to compensate consumers for data leak
The Korea Herald reports the latest development in a massive data leak first reported at the end of 2013: A local court on Friday ordered three credit card-related companies, hit by a massive data leak in 2014, to give 100,000 won ($83) to each victim, a ruling that could set a precedent for other similar…
San Diego County employees’ details erroneously sent to Wells Fargo
Right before Christmas, the County of San Diego Benefits Division discovered that some employees’ personal information had been inadvertently shared with Wells Fargo. The problem arose when the county sent personal information of those employees enrolling in a Wells Fargo Health Savings Account. A programming error by the county’s service provider, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, resulted in the additional transmission…
NY: Newburgh manager orders city’s cloud data deleted because of ‘security breach’
I’m not sure I understand what’s gone on here, but MidHudson News reports: City Manager Michael Ciaravino’s decision to wipe out all of the data on Newburgh’s cloud has prompted Councilwoman Cindy Holmes to demand an investigation. Holmes noted that as a result of the manager’s decision, she lost her two years of city information…