Allison Grande reports: Adobe Systems Inc. has agreed to settle a consolidated proposed class action in California federal court over its alleged failure to safeguard users’ data from a breach that compromised at least 3 million payment card records, although the court on Wednesday agreed to give the parties an extra month to finalize their deal….
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NJ: Tax preparer sentenced for selling clients’ personal information
Isaac Avilucea reports: Two-faced is the way a county prosecutor described city tax worker Lee Roberts II, who sold Mercer County residents’ personal information to a convicted felon and “known fraudster” turned cooperating witness for $200 in 2011. “He had a public face, and he had a private face,” Assistant Prosecutor James Scott said of…
Judge sentences foreign hacker for first time ever in US
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Jessica Masulli Reyes reports: David Pokora, 22, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. […] The group was responsible for stealing over $100 million worth of intellectual property from major technology companies, including Microsoft,…
Banks seek to block Target’s deal with MasterCard over data breach
Reuters reports: A group of small banks and credit unions suing Target Corp over its massive data breach in 2013 are moving to block the retailer’s proposed $19 million settlement with MasterCard Inc, calling it a “sweetheart deal” aimed at undercutting their own claims for losses. Lawyers for plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which seeks class-action…
Massive TalkTalk data breach STILL causing customer scam tsunami
Kat Hall reports: A fresh wave of scammers appear to be targeting TalkTalk customers, following a massive data theft earlier this year, The Register has learned. In February, TalkTalk admitted to suffering a major breach into its users’ sensitive information, which may have led to some customers handing over bank data to hackers. Read more on The Register.
Unhappy Third Birthday to My Experian Complaint?
Three years ago today, I filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about Experian’s data breaches. Back then, I knew about 60 breaches of their credit reporting database due to client login credentials being misused. There were also other breaches of their database involving people being able to authenticate as others to obtain credit reports,…