The Wyndham Hotel and Resort chain, which has suffered two known breaches since 2008, has reportedly suffered a third breach. Robert McMillan of IDG News Service reports: Hackers broke into computer systems at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts recently, stealing sensitive customer data. The break-in occurred between late October 2009 and January 2010, when it was…
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GA: Law firm says it didn’t dump personal data
Ralph Ellis reports that two law firms have issued statements in response to previous media reports that their firms may have been responsible for records containing confidential data dumped in a Smyrna recycling center: Wilson, Brock and Irby issued a statement Thursday saying an employee of the firm went to the recycling center Wednesday “to…
Recommended: The Curious Case of EMI v. Comerica
David Navetta writes: Security breaches in the online banking world continue to yield interesting lawsuits (you can read about three others in this post). The latest online banking lawsuit filed by Experi-Metal Inc. (“EMI”) against Comerica (the “EMI Lawsuit”) provides some new wrinkles that could further illuminate the boundaries of “reasonable security” under the law….
Nl: Student info often leaked
Karin Spaink provides an English summary of a news story on education sector breaches in the Netherlands: The teachers union (Algemene Onderwijsbond) researched how often student information is accessible via Google. They found quite a lot: list of home addresses, student reports, progress reports, assessment reports. The union notified all the universities, faculties and training…
Nl: Data on hundreds of politicians leaked
Karin Spaink provides an English summary of a recent breach reported in Dutch media: The addresses, telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers, home e-mail addresses and work e-mail addresses of hundreds of politicians (all members of the PvdA, the Dutch social democrats) and a number of their sponsors are out in the open. Although the list…
FTC investigates some firms in P2P leaks
Jaikumar Vijayan of Computerworld was able to see a redacted copy of a letter (Civil Investigative Demand) sent by the FTC to some of the organizations who were found to be leaking information via P2P networks: It showed the agency is seeking information, dating back to mid-2007, on a wide-range of technology and process-related topics….