So on January 27, Brian Krebs revealed that Wendy’s was looking into whether it had been breached. By February 8 – a long delay by today’s standards – a potential class action lawsuit was filed by attorneys for Jonathan Torres in the Middle District of Florida. Robbie Hargett of Legal Newsline has more on the lawsuit:…
Month: February 2016
Horry County Schools approves paying computer virus ransom
WBTW reports that a South Carolina school district is paying a ransom demand because they have no way to access 25 servers with elementary school data after their system was locked up by ransomware: The Horry County school system remains locked out of several servers after a ransom computer virus got into the system last week. Charles…
VTech not backing down on terms change after data breach
Maria Korolov reports: Despite widespread public condemnation, Hong Kong toy maker VTech is not backing down from a change in its Terms and Conditions ducking its responsibilities in the event of a breach. European customers now have to agree to a Terms of Service that includes the following sentence: “You acknowledge and agree that any…
WI: Vilas County jail inmates had personal info disclosed online
Jamie Taylor reports: About 85 inmates at the Vilas County Jail on Jan. 14 inadvertently had their social security numbers and other personal information posted online for about four hours. According to Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath, the information was posted when a new corrections employee posted the wrong computerized report. Read more on Lakeland…
UK: Moray policeman in court accused using work computers to snoop on future wife
Ben Hendry reports: A police officer has been accused of breaching data protection laws by using work computers to snoop on dozens of people – including his future wife. Constable Crawford Reay will face a string of charges when he goes on trial next month. The 47-year-old is alleged to have committed the offences at…
HHS OIG audit of SC Medicaid system revealed significant problems
Seanna Adcox of AP reports A four-decade-old computer system and poor safety measures at South Carolina’s Medicaid agency exposed the personal health information of roughly 1 million residents to risk of cybertheft, according to a federal report released Friday. The findings by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General include…