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…
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Missouri AG: Schnucks did not break data security law in cyberattack
E. B. Solomont reports: Schnuck Markets Inc. did not violate Missouri law regarding data security, an investigation into a widespread data breach at Schnucks by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s office has concluded. The St. Louis-based grocery chain “was itself a victim of criminal wrongdoing,”Nanci Gonder, press secretary for the attorney general, told the Business Journal. “After reviewing…
Former Iberdrola employee charged in April breach
So it looks like the Iberdrola breach, reported in April, was a disgruntled employee situation after all. Steve Orr reports: In mid-April, an RG&E corporate parent announced that a computer intruder had compromised the privacy of job applicants’ personal data. Coming a year after another computer-privacy foul up involving Rochester Gas and Electric Corp., the…
Update on Morningstar Document Research breach
Reuters reports: Investment research firm Morningstar Inc said personal information, including credit card details, of about 2,300 users of its Morningstar Document Research service may have been compromised due to a security breach last year. The incident on April 3, 2012 may also have led to the leakage of names, addresses, email addresses and passwords,…
Appeals Court Sends Fiserv Data Breach Case Back to Trial
Robert McGarvey reports that a credit union’s lawsuit against Fiserv has been resurrected by a Tennessee court: The Court of Appeals in Tennessee, in a ruling filed July 3, ruled that a lower court erred when it dismissed a suit filed by Copper Basin Federal Credit Union and CUMIS against Fiserv Inc., wherein the plaintiffs…
Quayside Publishing notifies online customers of breach
Customers who ordered from one of Quayside Publishing‘s web sites since the end of April recently received a notice of a breach that was reported to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office: We are writing to notify you of an incident that involved unauthorized access to our web server in which your personal information, including your…