Izzy Kapnick reports: A $380 million settlement over the 2017 Equifax data breach is hanging in the balance in the 11th Circuit, where a tort-reform attorney argued Tuesday that the deal unfairly lumped all plaintiffs into a single class. During the cantankerous appellate hearing, a three-judge panel weighed whether to preserve the historic settlement arising…
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Ransomware gang tries to extort Apple hours ahead of Spring Loaded event
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the REvil ransomware are demanding that Apple pay a ransom demand to avoid having confidential information leaked on the dark web. The REvil crew claims it came into possession of Apple product data after breaching Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese company that is the biggest laptop manufacturer in the world and which is…
Internal Facebook Memo Reveals Company Plan to ‘Normalize’ News of Data Leaks After 500 Million User Breach
Adam Smith reports: A leaked internal Facebook memo has inadvertently revealed the social media giant’s tactics after its recent data scraping controversy. Approximately 535 million accounts, one of which belonged to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, had their personal information exposed. Online tools allowed anyone to check if their information, which included phone numbers, was revealed. Facebook said it would…
AU: National Australia Bank repays customers $687k for 2019 data breach
James Frost reports: National Australia Bank has revealed it paid $686,878 in compensation to customers exposed in a 2019 data breach after the personal account details of more than 10,000 customers were uploaded to a website similar to Google Sheets. The bank said it provided thousands of customers with a one-off payment while a smaller…
In: Domino’s Data Breach In India: Jubliant FoodWorks Denies Financial Data Leak
Shloak Prabhu reports: Domino’s India, which is owned by Jubilant FoodWorks has apparently fallen victim to a massive data leak. Hackers have reportedly published crucial data on the dark web. The data contains details of lakhs of Domino’s India customers and employees. As per reports, sensitive customer data like names, phone numbers, and credit card…
Dominican National Indicted for Identity Theft, Theft of Public Money, Passport and Health Care Fraud
We often hear about medical identity theft as a risk of PII or PHI being stolen or hacked. Here’s a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island about one such case: A Dominican national living in Providence who, since at least 1994, allegedly used the stolen Social Security number…