David A. Krausz, whose personal injury law practice is in San Francisco , has notified clients about a breach: On January 6, 2015*, Law Offices of David A. Krausz, P.C. experienced the theft of a laptop computer that contained identifying client information including names, social security numbers and dates of birth. As a result of this incident,…
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FBI investigates ISIS hacker group Cyber Caliphate following a series of hacks on news organizations in Maryland, Albuquerque
This is from a few days ago, but should have been noted on this blog. Alejandro Alba reported: The FBI is investigating a series of hacks on U.S. news oulets by Cyber Caliphate, a group that claims to be part of ISIS and is planning a series of cyber-attacks on homes and offices across the…
United Airlines suspends some customers’ MileagePlus accounts following third-party breach
United Airlines has suspended some customers’ MileagePlus accounts after an unauthorized individual was able to start accessing accounts using login credentials acquired from an unnamed third party breach. The unauthorized access began on December 9, according to a copy of the notification message to those affected. The user profiles for MileagePlus accounts include MileagePlus number,…
Data Breach Plaintiffs Survive Dismissal Against Target
If you haven’t kept up with all the lawsuits against Target over its 2013 data breach, Amelia Gerlicher and Todd M. HinnenTodd M. Hinnen of Perkins Coie provide a useful write-up of where things stand now. You can read it on JDSupra.
The National Accountable Care Congress is hacked; user data dumped
Add the National Accountable Care Congress to this week’s list of hacks. A dump of almost 900 users’ information includes their usernames, first and last names, e-mail addresses, company, city, state, and zip, password, and their join date and expiration date for their account – all in plain text. SLC Security, which first reported the breach, notes that…
Zappos settles charges with nine states over data breach
There’s been a settlement of charges stemming from a breach disclosed in 2012 that affected 24 million consumers. The settlement requires the online shoe store to guard data, pay $106,000 to NC and 8 states Raleigh: Nevada-based online retailer Zappos.com will take steps to better protect consumers’ personal information, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday….