KABC reports: Credit card data has been compromised for an unknown number of people at the Tom Bradley International Terminal in the Los Angeles International Airport. Airport police were focusing their investigation on one specific business inside the terminal, but did not release the name of the business Read more on KABC. CBS reports that 19…
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Wyndham: A Case Study in Cybersecurity: How the cost of a relatively small breach can rival that of a major hack attack
Timothy Cornell of Clifford Chance US LLP has an interesting write-up on the Wyndham case that really details the time and labor costs of responding to a government investigation following a data breach. Here’s an example: On April 8, 2010, the FTC began to investigate Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries (collectively “Wyndham”), sending Wyndham…
Judge OKs $10 million settlement in Target data breach
Steve Karnowski and Michelle Chapman of AP report: A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said at a hearing Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, that he would grant preliminary approval…
GA: Taco Bell Employee Stole Identities While Working Drive-Thru Window
Kristal Dixon reports: An employee at a fast food restaurant is accused of stealing customers’ financial information to make unauthorized purchases. Roswell police have arrested and charged Rosetta Louise Brinson with two counts of identity fraud, obstruction of a law enforcement officer and two counts of computer theft. Fulton County Jail records show Brinson was…
Target Poised to Pay $10M to Data Breach Victims in Proposed Settlement
Steve Tellier reports: Court documents indicate Target has reached a possible settlement agreement in the massive credit card data breach in 2013. According to the documents, Target has agreed to put $10 million toward a settlement fund, with individuals who can prove they suffered financial harm as a result of the breach splitting that pot…
EMC data security fails the old fashioned way
David Chernicoff writes: I received an interesting letter in the mail yesterday from EMC Corporation. It seems that at some point in the last two months of 2014 they managed to lose control of my basic personal information, including my date of birth and Social Security number — giving the ability to whoever acquired the…