Joseph F. Welborn III discusses possible theories of liability for lawsuits against Ashley Madison in the wake of its massive databreach. He writes, in part: One interesting theory of liability comes from an old common law tort that has been phased out legislatively in all but seven states – alienation of affections. In fact, this…
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Former Oakland Accountant Sentenced To Over Four Years In Prison For Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme
OAKLAND – Robert Thomas Doyle was sentenced yesterday to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $142,031 for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Doyle, 64, of Oakland, pleaded guilty on February 23, 2015. According to the plea agreement, during 2011, 2012, and 2013, Doyle implemented an identity theft and…
Carphone Warehouse coughs to MEGA data breach hitting up to 2.4 MEELLION customers (Update2)
Kelly Fiveash reports: Carphone Warehouse has taken three days to go public about a serious data breach affecting nearly 2.5 million customers – with the confession that up to 90,000 subscribers may have had their credit card info ransacked. The company said in a statement on Saturday afternoon that it had first discovered its systems…
UK: Job recruiters network JobsatTEAM hacked
Another day, another SQLinjection attack by JM511 (@JM511 on Twitter). This time, it’s U.K. site, jobsatteam.com. TEAM describes themselves as the largest network of independent job recruiters. JM511 dumped the administrator’s table with 12 individuals’ email addresses, usernames, passwords, full names, and telephone numbers. There’s also a dump of 2,590 members’ names, usernames, passwords (some unencrypted),…
Wattpad users: change your Wattpad and Tumblr passwords
Wattpad‘s site claims More than 40 million people have joined Wattpad, making it the world’s largest community of readers and writers. People use Wattpad to connect with each other while they discover and share millions of free stories. Wattpad stories are available in more than 50 languages and can be read or written from any…
American Airlines, Sabre Said to Be Hit in Hacks Backed by China (UPDATED)
Update: American Airlines subsequently denied having been attacked. SCMagazine reports: “There is no indication or evidence of an attack or that any customer data has been compromised,” said American spokesman Casey Norton, adding that, “Because of a threat to a close partner that we work closely with on reservations we are looking closely at our…