From the Federal Trade Commission: Lenovo Inc., one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and 32 State Attorneys General that the company harmed consumers by pre-loading software on some laptops that compromised security protections in order to deliver ads to consumers. In its complaint, the…
Month: September 2017
FL: Billing employee in healthcare office sentenced for ID theft role
There’s an update to an insider breach case previously reported on this site. Sharmekia Young, the former Rotech Healthcare employee convicted of stealing almost 1,000 patients’ information, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Customer data stolen after attack on jobs platform cpjobs.com
From HumanResources: Online jobs platform cpjobs.com has reported an unauthorised third-party attack on the website, compromising the security of user data. Impacted pages have been shut down and all users’ passwords have been deactivated. […] In an additional security notice on the website, the company reveals it has identified two attempts to attack the website…
Just smile: In KFC China store, diners have new way to pay
Reuters reports: Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile. Customers will be able to use a “Smile to Pay” facial recognition system at the tech-heavy, health-focused concept store, part of a drive by Yum China Holdings Inc to…
Facial recognition to be required for mainland Mastercard, Visa cardholders
Macau Daily Times reports: Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) will be adopting facial recognition technology for mainland withdrawals made by Visa and Mastercard cardholders at automated teller machines (ATMs) in September, according to a report by Oriental Daily News. Read more on Macau Daily Times. h/t Joe Cadillic
No charges in probe into leaked info to Thug Life website
AP reports from Charleston: An investigation into a website that leaked the name of a juvenile charged in a killing along with other confidential police information has ended without any charges filed, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. The probe into the Thug Life website that criticized criminals and prosecutors who the site thought…