Law360 reports: The Federal Trade Commission told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that Wyndham Worldwide Corp. can’t demand the FTC’s work product, saying the agency sent Wyndham all the information it could about its interviews of consumers allegedly harmed by data breaches that cost over $10.6 million. Read more on Law360 (subscription required)….
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Wyndham Says FTC Must Detail Consumer Harm In Data Suit
Kira Lerner reports: Wyndham Worldwide Corp. told a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission must prove that the cyberattacks against the hotel chain, which the agency alleges led to more than $10.6 million in losses, caused “substantial injury to consumers which is not reasonably avoidable by consumers themselves.” Read more…
Prosecutors: Accused Russian hacker jailed here had 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers when arrested
SEATTLE — A federal magistrate, citing a possible flight risk, on Friday ordered accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev held without bail pending his October trial on charges. […] During the hearing, prosecutors revealed that a laptop computer seized from Seleznev at the time of his arrest contains 2.1 million stolen credit card numbers. Seleznev, also…
TX: C3 Presents warns of data breach
Gary Dinges reports: Austin-based C3 Presents, the company behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Lollapalooza and concerts at dozens of Austin-area music venues, confirmed Friday that it is the victim of what executives are calling a “small security breach.” The breach, which occurred after an internal server was stolen in June, does not impact…
Jewel-Osco Warns Customers Of Data Breach
From CBS: Officials at Jewel-Osco were warning customers of a data breach that might have given hackers access to credit card and debit card information, but said there is no evidence the data has been misused. Jewel’s parent company, AB Acquisition, said the unauthorized access of customer data might have started as early as June…
CN: Restaurant staff ‘stole bank card details’
Insider breaches in restaurants is a global problem, but this may be the first report of its kind I can remember seeing from China. Ke Jiayun reports: City restaurant and entertainment venue staff are among 51 people held in connection with a nationwide forged bank card network said to have netted nearly 10 million yuan (US$1.62…