Kris Betts reports: A local security expert who occasionally moonlights as a dumpster diver found the personal information of several A-list celebrities during a swap meet. “I was in LA and a guy was taking the boxes of scripts and getting ready to throw them away and I was like ‘Whoa, whoa what are those?’”…
Category: Breach Incidents
FTC v. LabMD: A bad case and a questionable decision, but the right outcome
As I reported last Friday, FTC’s Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell dismissed FTC’s enforcement action against LabMD, explaining that the regulator failed to meet the injury prong of the unfairness test under the FTC Act. The FTC issued a press release about the decision yesterday. The decision was noteworthy for two reasons. It was the first data security enforcement…
Federal judge dismisses indictment against auxiliary cop charged with hacking into NYPD database
John Marzulli reports: A federal judge tossed an indictment Wednesday against an NYPD auxiliary cop charged with hacking into a police computer in Brooklyn to obtain traffic accident information, the Daily News has learned. Yehuda Katz is off the hook on computer fraud charges after prosecutors acknowledged the government recently became aware of information “suggesting…
NY: Hundreds of Personal Medical Records Intended for Lab Faxed to Brooklyn Marketing Firm in Error
Pei-Sze Cheng reports: A Brooklyn marketing office was inundated for months by hundreds of private medical documents meant for Quest Diagnostics, but couldn’t get anyone at the clinical laboratory services company to take action until she called NBC 4 New York’s I-Team. Gabby Klotzman started working for APS Marketing Group in Flatbush in April and…
Speaking of “We have met the enemy, and he is us….”
RT reports that Russian TV accidentally leaked a secret ‘nuclear torpedo’ design. Yes, you read that correctly. The Kremlin has confirmed “some secret data” was accidentally leaked when Russian TV stations broadcast material apparently showing blueprints from a nuclear torpedo, designed to be used against enemy coastal installations. During President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with military…
VA: Brothers Sentenced for Leading Bank Fraud and ID Theft Scheme
Ray Ekobena, 27, of Alexandria, and his brother, Stefan Ekobena, 24, of Atlanta, were sentenced today for leading a five-year check fraud and identity theft conspiracy. Co-conspirator Rodney Hardy, 25, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was also sentenced today for his role in the scheme. According to statements of fact filed with the plea agreements, Ray Ekobena…