Daniel R. Stoller reports: Grocery store chains SuperValu Inc. and New Albertson’s Inc. again dodged class claims over a 2014 data breach that impacted over 1,000 stores, after a federal court said hacked payment card data didn’t inflict enough direct harm to sustain a lawsuit. Judge Ann D. Montgomery of the U.S. District Court for…
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Ca: JJ Meds was attacked today
JJ Meds is a medical marijuana delivery service in Canada. They seem to have received an extortion demand, as they explained on the CanadianMOM forum (“MOM” refers to Mail Order Marijuana, not that lovely woman who made you peanut butter and jelly sandwiches): Hi everyone, we wanted to share with the community what has happened.Drama: Today…
This bill would make it easier for businesses to keep data breaches under wraps
David Lazarus has some unflattering words for a bill introduced in Congress by Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer and Carolyn Maloney. Indeed, the Data Acquisition and Technology Accountability and Security Act might be more aptly named the “Businesses Get Out of Jail Free Pass and Screw The Consumers Act of 2018.” Well, ok, I grant you that that…
LA talent agency burglarized of three computers with private data
Francesca Bacardi reports: Los Angeles talent agency Innovative Artists might have exposed clients and employees’ “personal information” in a possible data security incident when it was burglarized last month, according to a letter from the agency obtained by Page Six. The agency’s Santa Monica office was burglarized at 11 p.m. on Feb. 11, where three…
Ninth Circuit Revives Data Breach Claims Against Zappos
In January, 2012, Zappos announced that they were notifying more than 24 million consumers to change their passwords following a hack. In the months that followed, a to-be-predicted lawsuit was filed, and state attorneys general started investigating. Eventually, Zappos settled with states, and the class-action lawsuit was dismissed in 2015. Whew, right? Not so fast, though. Ross Todd…
Apple Employee Threatens to Leak User’s iCloud Data
Chen Na reports: “Your personal data belongs to you, not others,” reads a bold declaration on Apple’s webpage for user privacy. But for one Chinese customer, this proved not to be the case after an Apple tech support employee threatened to leak his photos, contacts, emails, and memos online. An article describing how the Apple…