Dane Sager Kelly reports on low-tech theft of identity info: Police are asking for public assistance in identifying and locating a man in connection with the theft of personal information at a Holiday Inn on Nov. 28. […] On Nov. 28, at approximately 4:35 a.m., the front desk received a phone call from a woman who claimed…
Category: Business Sector
Appellate Court Rules IT Worker Liable Under CFAA for Sabotaging Employer’s Network
Hanley Chew + Tyler G. Newby of Fenwick & West LLP write: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act conviction of an IT worker who sabotaged his employer’s network, rejecting the argument that an IT worker’s authorized access to “impair” a computer network as part of…
Nissan Canada data breach may have exposed 1.1M finance customers’ information
Katie Dangerfield reports: Nissan Canada Finance says the personal information of approximately 1.13 million customers may have been exposed due to a data breach. In a media release sent Thursday, the company said the breach involved unauthorized person(s) gaining access to the personal information of some customers that have financed their vehicles through Nissan Canada…
Lime Crime settles lawsuit over 2015 data breach
Back in February, 2015, this site noted that vegan makeup company Lime Crime had reportedly been hacked, and that some customers were voicing their displeasure over the firm’s security and lack of responsiveness when problems had been noted. Not surprisingly, then, some customers filed suit over the data breach. And also not surprisingly, neither the…
Pinterest notifies users of suspicious activity
As submitted to the California Attorney General’s site: Subject: Important information about your Pinterest account Hi [Name], We’re writing to share important information about your account, including recommendations about how to make your account more secure. As explained below, we have detected suspicious activity on your account, and you need to {log in with your Google…
Banks Find (Some) Success Suing Over Data Breaches
Donna Wilson of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP writes: Banks continue to file suit against retailers, hoping to shift the costs of data breaches, with some recent success. What happened In January 2016, hackers accessed Eddie Bauer’s point-of-sale register system and installed malicious software that infected every Eddie Bauer store in the United States and…