AFP reports: WikiLeaks on Thursday released 276,394 new documents from the hack of Sony Pictures in what could be a further embarrassment for the Japanese media and electronics group. The new release adds to more than 30,000 documents published by WikiLeaks in April. Both groups of documents can be searched on the WikiLeaks page. Read…
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AU: Adobe privacy breach sparks call to move on alert laws
Sarah Martin reports: A security breach that led to the personal information of up to 1.7 million Australians being hacked — including passwords and credit card information — has fuelled calls for the government to fast-track privacy alert laws. Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has released his final report into the investigation of software giant Adobe,…
Sony Fails to Shake Data Breach Suit
Marisa Kendall reports: A federal judge ruled Monday that employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. whose personal information was exposed in last year’s data breach have standing to sue even if they can’t prove that information was used by criminals. It’s often difficult for lawyers to successfully show collective harm in data breach class actions…
Credit Unions May Disclose Breached Merchant Names
Tina Orem reports: MasterCard and Visa have confirmed to the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues that card issuers are allowed under their network rules to divulge to members the names of merchants involved in data breaches, giving credit unions and other card issuers a significant opportunity to mitigate some of the reputational damage that…
BAE Systems first notifying employees of extranet site network attack in 2014
On June 4, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that they had experienced a network attack on an extranet site in 2014. Due to the nature and scope of the attack, they provided a data set to the Pentagon’s Damage Assessment Management Office (DAMO), who subsequently…
Volcano Corporation notifies employees after e-mail breach
Add San Diego-based Volcano Corporation to your list of firms reporting breaches involving e-mail attachment errors. Volcano Corporation reports that the error was made – and detected – on May 21, when a spreadsheet was inadvertently attached to an e-mail sent to some employees about their retirement account. The spreadsheet included employees’ names, email addresses…