Melissa Burden reports: General Motors Co. said Friday that 883 active and retired GM workers may have had their personal information exposed — including Social Security numbers — after a GM employee copied personal information just before retiring in May. “GM has completed an investigation of this incident and is contacting the affected individuals to…
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LinkedIn reportedly spent nearly $1 million already to fix security breach (updated)
Gene Ryan Briones reports: Following the hapless security infraction that LinkedIn experienced two months ago, the company is now saying that it has spent a huge amount of money to fix the problem. Fresh from its earnings call today, LinkedIn CFO Steve Sordello said that the company has spent between $500,000 and $1 million on…
SC: Tax Preparer Tosses Sensitive Record in Dumpster
Graeme Moore reports: A tax preparer who closed her business three years ago tossed several boxes of old records, some of which contained sensitive personal information. The records were found Thursday morning in a recycling bin off Fernwood-Glendale Road behind the old Ingles supermarket in Spartanburg. While most of the documents were just invoices, investigators…
Winn-Dixie sued by former employee following third-party data breach
A potential class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida made me aware of a data breach that I don’t recall seeing in the media. Patrick A. Burrows has filed the lawsuit against Purchasing Power, LLC and Winn-Dixie. According to the complaint, Winn-Dixie shares employee data with Purchasing Power, LLC to administer an employee…
Yahoo Sued After Disclosure User Names, Passwords Stolen
Karen Gullo reports: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), the operator of the biggest U.S. Web portal, was sued for negligence over its disclosure that as many as 450,000 user names and passwords were stolen from one of its sites. A Yahoo user who said his login credentials were posted online after a hacker infiltrated a company database…
LA: Law firm’s files found under the interstate
If there’s one thing I really hate to see, it’s reports of confidential records blowing in the wind or exposed because medical professionals or lawyers haven’t taken proper steps to securely dispose of them. Here’s another lawyer one, from WAFB: Below the interstate at Dalrymple and along the sidewalk, there are documents strewn about with…