Harper Neidig reports that the Pennsylvania Attorney General is suing Uber over its 2016 data breach. The following is the state’s press release: HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc. for violating Pennsylvania’s data breach notification law. Uber knew for more than a year that a data breach potentially impacting…
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SEC Issues Updated Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures
Laura E. Goldsmith of Proskauer writes: On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive Commission Statement and Guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures (the “Guidance”) to assist public companies in meeting their cybersecurity disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws. The Guidance notes that, as reliance on networked systems and the Internet have…
Point-of-Sale Breach Confirmed at Some Applebee’s Locations
David Bisson reports: It’s confirmed that some locations of the Applebee’s restaurant chain suffered a point-of-sale (POS) breach involving customers’ payment card data. On 2 March, RMH Franchise Holdings (RMH) issued a notice of data incident on its website. The statement explains how RMH, a franchisee of Applebee’s which operates more than 150 restaurant locations,…
Equifax discovers another 2.4 million customers hit by data breach
Reuters reports: Equifax Inc (EFX.N), a provider of consumer credit scores, on Thursday said it found another 2.4 million U.S. consumers hit by a data breach last year, bringing the total to 147.9 million. The company said the latest batch of consumers affected had their names and driver’s license information stolen, but noted less information…
French news site L’Express exposed reader data online, failed to promptly secure it when notified
Zack Whittaker and Rayna Stamboliyska report on a data leak where it sounds like the researcher who uncovered the leak took more diligent steps to secure the data than the entity did. Here’s a bit from ZDNet’s report, but do read the whole thing. I’ve changed their headline, which emphasized GDPR, to my own perception…
NIS America Hit By Security Breach, Personal Data Leaked
Neil Bolt reports: NIS America has announced that their online stores suffered a major security breach within the last week. This has led to the leaking of personal data for multiple new accounts to the hackers responsible. The RPG-centric company notified customers via email and social media. The publisher has now taken the store down to prevent…