Dan Kaplan reports: A U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey has tossed out a class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders against Heartland Payment Systems, the credit card processor announced Wednesday. The judge granted Heartland’s motion to dismiss the action, which was filed in the wake of Heartland’s massive breach that was reported earlier this year,…
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HSBC breach: France denies paying for stolen data
France has denied that it paid for what is claimed to be stolen information on suspected tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts. It comes after newspaper Le Parisien said part of list of some 3000 names, allegedly taken by an employee of HSBC’s private bank in Geneva, was being used by French tax authorities to…
Microsoft and Danger to blame for Sidekick data loss – lawsuit
Courthouse News has uploaded a copy of a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and Danger Inc. The complaint, filed by Terrence and Katie Teraszcka, Adam Beckelman, and Michael Guerrero in Cook County Court on November 17th, alleges that the defendants negligently failed to back up data before a network upgrade, resulting in Sidekick users losing…
Update: Notre Dame U. breach affected 24,000 (updated)
As an update on a Notre Dame University breach involving exposure of personal information including SSN on the web, Sarah Mervosh of The Observer reports that 24,000 individuals, mostly employees but some students who worked for the university, were affected by the incident. Reactions to the university’s handling of the breach and notification varied, depending…
Data stolen from HSBC in Switzerland: Bank
Data related to less than 10 clients was stolen from HSBC’s Swiss branch, the bank said on Wednesday, amid media reports that some names of alleged French tax evaders was obtained by France through theft. “HSBC Private bAnk (Suisse) SA confirms that an ex-employee, previously working for its IT-development group, stole data during a time…
T-Mobile data scam detected a year ago
Chris Williams reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been investigating the theft and sale of T-Mobile customers’ personal data for almost a year, it has emerged. News of the security breach, which saw rogue staff at the mobile operator divulge contract details to cold-calling marketeers, was only released to customers last month. According to…