West Publishing Corporation, a unit of Thomson Reuters, has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving their Westlaw subscription-only public records database. In a letter dated November 4th to those affected, Senior Vice President Andy Martens explained that on October 14, they detected unusual search activity. Investigation revealed that some subscribers’…
Category: Business Sector
Yet another Experian breach
Oh, look. Yet another Experian breach. On November 3, Experian notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that Merchants Capital Access‘s login credentials to Experian’s credit-reporting database had been misused by an unknown party. Two New Hampshire residents were notified of the breach that occurred between October 20 and October 21. The total number affected was not…
Rex Mundi surfaces with new hack claims (UPDATE2)
It looks like hacking group Rex Mundi may be back. And they seem to be dumping all of the Domino’s data they claimed to have hacked back in June, plus data allegedly from hacks of Thomas Cook Belgium, Finalease Car Credit, and Mensura. In a paste describing their activities, they write that they stole “personal records belonging…
Chino Latino and Burger Jones hit by data breach
Clare Kennedy reports: Diners at Chino Latino in Minneapolis and Burger Jones in Burnsville may have had credit and debit card information stolen by hackers, owner Parasole Restaurant Holdings said. The intrusion affected about 5 percent of credit and debit transactions from January until July, when the Edina-based restaurant group became aware of the intrusion, according to a news release. Read…
CDT Files Brief in Wyndham Supporting FTC Regulation of Data Security
G.S. Hans writes: On Wednesday, November 12th CDT, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, filed an amicus brief in the long-running FTC v. Wyndham litigation. […] Our amicus highlights a few additional points that we think demonstrate why it’s vital that the FTC regulate data security. Read more on CDT.
FTC Refutes Wyndham’s Challenge; Unreasonable Security Is “Unfair”
Patricia Ballin reports: Generating a flurry of conversation among privacy professionals worldwide, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week filed its response to Wyndham Worldwide Corporation’s interlocutory appeal in the Third Circuit. […] The FTC’s response outlines and affirmatively answers the three questions presented in Wyndham’s appeal: whether a company’s unreasonable failure to protect the security…