Ooh. Trustwave has been sued for their role in the Target breach. The plaintiffs in the potential class action lawsuit are Green Bank and Trustmark Bank John Pletz reports: Although the most serious allegations are leveled at Target, the suit alleges that Trustwave failed to identify deficiencies in the retailer’s IT systems. Trustwave’s software audits companies’ IT systems…
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AU: Doubts over computer hacker case
JoAnne McCarthy reports: An alleged computer hacker described last year as a ‘‘considerable risk to society’’ could apply to have all charges against him dismissed after questions about the case against him and the ‘‘guns blazing attitude’’ of police. Matthew Flannery, 24, of Point Clare, was allegedly an international hacking group leader when he was…
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Confession, Evidence in Reuters Employee Hacking Case
Kim Zetter reports: A federal judge has refused to dismiss a recorded confession and computer evidence collected in the case of a former Reuters employee accused of conspiring with members of Anonymous to hack his former employer. Matthew Keys, 26, sought to throw out his confession on the grounds that he was on an antidepressant…
Law firm notifies employees after vendor’s server accessed
So here’s another case where a vendor’s database was accessed by someone who was able to acquire a client’s login credentials: The international law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on February 26 that 441 current and former employees’ W-2 information and other information were involved: As a result…
Rosenthal Wine Shop discloses malware may have compromised customers’ payment card info
In response to a breach discovered on January 12, Rosenthal Wine Shop (Castle Creek Properties, Inc., dba Rosenthal the Malibu Estates) is notifying customers that malware may have compromised their payment card information: We recently learned that unauthorized individuals or entities installed malicious software on computer systems used to process credit card transactions at the Rosenthal wine…
Ex-Microsoft employee charged with leaking trade secrets to blogger (update2)
Chris Peters reports: A former employee of Microsoft Corp is facing criminal charges after he allegedly passed trade secrets to a blogger in France, U.S. court documents showed. Russian national Alex Kibkalo, a former Microsoft employee in Lebanon and Russia, admitted to Microsoft investigators that he provided confidential company documents and information to the blogger, documents…