And the data breach litigation merry-go-round continues. Daniel R. Stoller reports on a case in California where plaintiffs survived a motion to dismiss but had complaint narrowed by the court: Upscale hotel chain Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC can’t completely escape consumer claims that it failed to adequately protect guests’ payment card data and other personal…
Month: April 2017
Miffed with Snapchat CEO, Indian hackers claim to have leaked data of 1.7 million app users
Shashank Shekhar reports: Anonymous Indian hackers claim to have leaked database of 1.7 million Snapchat users, which they hacked last year. The move by Indian hackers came in retaliation to Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel’s remark on expanding the business to “poor countries” like India. According to Indian hackers, they had found vulnerability in Snapchat database…
Amedisys Home Health notifies patients after shredding bins found off-site
Amedisys Home Health of Fayetteville was recently informed that two bins used for collecting shredded materials from the Fayetteville care center were found in an enclosure behind a local business, and did not reach the vendor’s intended destination to a secure shredding facility. Read more on The Montgomery Herald.
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital notifies 419 patients after employees snooped in their records
Molly Rosbach reports: Virginia Mason Memorial hospital sent out letters last week to 419 of its past emergency room patients, alerting them of a privacy violation. A routine internal audit revealed that from roughly October to January, 21 employees at the hospital had improperly accessed those patients’ records. Read more on The Yakima Herald. A…
Upmarket Sydney hotel targeted by cybercriminals
The hospitality sector continues to be an attractive target for criminals. 9News in Australia reports: … guests at the Seasons Hotel at Sydney’s Darling Harbour likely had their personal information stolen around March 21, according to NSW Police. Dozens of guest registration forms – which feature photocopies of passports, driver’s licences and other forms of…
NY: Arraignment in Alleged Identity Theft Case
ALBANY, NY – District Attorney P. David Soares announced today that ROBERT BRUST, 53, of Deerpark (sic), New York, was arraigned on a sealed indictment charging (11) Counts of Identity Theft in the Second Degree, all Class E Felonies, and (1) Count of Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a Class E Felony, before…