It was only a matter of time, right? Sara Hamedy and Meg James report: The first legal salvo has been leveled against Sony Pictures Entertainment since the massive computer breach that exposed the personal information of thousands of current and former employees. Lawyers representing two former Sony Pictures employees filed a class-action lawsuit in federal…
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Yet Another Sony Breach Went Unreported In January As 47,740 Individuals’ Data Exposed
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports yet another Sony breach that was disclosed in the hackers’ email dump. Prior to the Brazil breach in February 2014 (also revealed in corporate emails and also not disclosed publicly by Sony at the time), there was apparently an incident involving their German web site in January: … An email from Courtney…
Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach
Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…
Lawsuits against P.F. Chang’s dismissed for lack of standing
Jack Bouboushian reports that a federal judge has dismissed lawsuits against P.F. Chang’s over its data breach, ruling that there was no showing of actual injury: “In order to have suffered an actual injury, plaintiffs must have had an unreimbursed charge on their credit or debit cards,” Darrah said. “Plaintiffs do not allege any successful…
Luxleaks: Former PwC employee admits he took tax files
Colm Keena reports: A 28-year old French man who took confidential files from the offices of his then employers, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Luxembourg, has said he believes he is not the only source behind last month’s Luxleaks disclosures. Antoine Deltour, who was charged by an investigating magistrate in Luxembourg at the weekend in relation to the copying…
Sony says news outlets should stop using hacked documents
Bloomberg reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. lawyers have sent a letter asking news organizations to stop writing articles based on stolen documents released by hackers seeking to interrupt the release of the comedy “The Interview.” The letter, dated Sunday, was sent by attorney David Boies to news organizations including Bloomberg and The New York Times….