It seems that the breach notification letter received by residents of New Hampshire may have contained more information than the letter received by Vermont residents. In a letter dated June 21 (the same date as the letter quoted here), Quayside added a statement that there were 639 orders affecting 532 customers, from all areas combined,…
Category: Business Sector
Federal judge allows organizations to file amicus briefs concerning Wyndham’s motion to dismiss FTC lawsuit
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A federal court judge in New Jersey on Wednesday agreed to allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations to seek the dismissal of a closely watched data breach lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Read more on Computerworld. I’ve previously uploaded and covered some…
Restaurant pledges to help victims of scam
Phil Rockrohr reports: Corporate officials of Eddie Merlot’s, whose manager was charged July 2 with stealing customers’ identities, have pledged to “rectify the issue with any affected patron.” […] On July 2, Alexander Pera, 26, of Chicago was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft, identity theft and money laundering, police said. Pera, who had been…
TN: Another hack involving a restaurant
WBIR reports: Local and federal investigators are looking into who stole credit card information from several customers at a Farragut restaurant. Workers with Wild Wing Cafe say a hacker broke through their system and stole credit card numbers. They say it only affected a small number of customers who were in the restaurant last week….
Sony gives up £250,000 fine appeal after PlayStation hacks in 2011
Dan Worth reports: Sony has given up its appeal over a fine of £250,000 from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) having originally vowed to fight the case. The firm claimed it has done so in order to avoid revealing information on its security procedures rather than because it now agrees with the fine. Read more…
Digging in their heels: Wyndham and LabMD challenge FTC’s authority in data security cases
Cross-posted from PHIprivacy.net: Adam Greenberg reports on two cases where businesses have challenged the FTC’s authority in data security cases. Although Wyndham’s challenge has been discussed in detail on DataBreaches.net (see these posts), I haven’t really described the LabMD case until now. In the LabMD case, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported last year: The federal agency…