David Nosal, an executive recruiter based in San Francisco, was convicted of all charges in a six-count Indictment by a federal jury today, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The jury found that Nosal had conspired to gain unauthorized access to the computer system of his former employer, the executive search firm Korn/Ferry International, and…
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VA: Chesterfield mom ‘disgusted’ after personal, financial info found in dumpster
Chris Thomas reports: A Chesterfield mom is fighting mad after learning her family’s personal information is discovered, tossed away, near a trash can. Her credit card numbers and her child’s social security number was discovered outside their taekwondo instructor’s business. It is located in the Arch Village shopping center off Midlothian Turnpike. We are told…
Stanley Black & Decker breach notice, v2.0
Don’t you just hate it when your breach response goes awry and compounds the breach or you discover that your original analysis of what information was involved was incomplete? Last month, Stanley Black & Decker notified both California and New Hampshire that a stolen corporate laptop contained employees’ information, including their bank routing and account…
Bank Sues Cyberheist Victim to Recover Funds
Brian Krebs reports on a lawsuit where Park Sterling Bank (PSB) in Charlotte, North Carolina is suing a former client, Wallace & Pittman PLLC , after the latter was the victim of a fraudulent wire transfer. The breach occurred after a key logger was installed on its system via a phishing attempt and criminals obtained…
This week’s e-mail gaffe
This week’s e-mail gaffe involves a law firm in the U.K.: A member of Addleshaw Goddard‘s HR team has mistakenly emailed every trainee’s performance ratings to the entire firm. A junior member of the team sent details of the upcoming trainee seat moves to the firm. But the hapless HR staffer also managed to attach to the…
Justice Institute employee sues ICBC for privacy breach that allegedly led to her vehicle torched, bullets fired at home
I had described it as what might be the worst – or one of the worst – breaches of 2011. An unnamed employee of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) had allegedly accessed information on over 60 people and passed the information along to an unidentified man. At least 13 students associated with the college…