Michelle de Leon writes: A panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declared the victims of a data breach suffered by Nationwide Insurance no longer need to establish their standing to prove that they are in danger. The victims of the 2012 data breach committed against the Nationwide…
Month: November 2016
Anthem Breach Victims Go To Court Over Cybersecurity Audit Release
Dark Reading reports: Victims of a data breach at health insurer Anthem in February 2015 have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and are seeking details of an audit by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Anthem’s network security, Modern Healthcare reports. In the cyberattack, hackers compromised personal details of around 80…
Assemblywoman’s Orange County campaign office burglarized; voter data stolen
AP reports: Thirty tablets and a laptop computer were stolen over the weekend from the Orange County campaign office of Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim, a spokesman said Monday. […] The tablets were used for neighborhood canvassing and contained private information about voters, though thieves would need a password to access it, Gilliard said. Read more…
Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Exploited Flaw in Windows
Jay Greene and Robert McMillan report: The hackers believed responsible for breaking into computers at the Democratic National Committee have exploited previously undisclosed flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system and Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash software, Microsoft said Tuesday. It is unclear if those hackers, reportedly tied to Russia, used the newly disclosed vulnerabilities to hack into the…
Anxiety not a claim for damages in Barnes & Nobles data breach case
Karen Kidd writes: Plaintiffs in a data breach class action lawsuit against Barnes & Noble fixed their standing problem but still couldn’t adequately allege damages, a Pittsburgh attorney says. “Upon analyzing the facts, this was not a particularly surprising ruling,” Brian Willett, an associate with Reed Smith, said. “However, it was significant in the data privacy…
New Zealand Nurses Organisation notifies 47,000 members of breach
From the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand’s office, this statement: Headline: Nurses data breach: what happened and how to get help If you’re one of the 47 thousand members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) whose names and email addresses were accidentally disclosed to a criminal third party, you might be wondering what you can do…