Claire Mellor reports: Lawyers representing plaintiffs in a proposed class action, claiming Health Canada breached privacy rights and jeopardized the safety of medical marijuana users, will be seeking damages of up to $20,000 per person, a court in Halifax heard Wednesday. Federal Court Justice Michael Phelan is hearing a certification application for a proposed class…
Category: Breach Incidents
FL: Success 4 Kids & Families notifies clients of stolen laptop
Success 4 Kids & Families Notifies Individuals of Possible Data Disclosure Tampa, FL – On April 5, 2015, Success 4 Kids & Families (“S4KF”) learned that a password-protected laptop computer containing its clients’ limited protected health information had been stolen from the vehicle of one of its employees. S4KF takes the privacy and security of its clients’…
Sex, lies and debt potentially exposed by OPM hack
Arshad Mohammed and Joseph Menn report: When a retired 51-year-old military man disclosed in a U.S. security clearance application that he had a 20-year affair with his former college roommate’s wife, it was supposed to remain a secret between him and the government. The disclosure last week that hackers had penetrated a database containing such…
Fred’s investigates credit card breach
Brian Krebs reports: Fred’s Inc., a discount general merchandise and pharmacy chain that operates 650 stores in more than a dozen states, disclosed today that it is investigating a potential credit card breach. KrebsOnSecurity contacted Fred’s earlier this week, after hearing from multiple financial institutions about a pattern of fraud on customer cards indicating that…
Zappos proposed data breach class action litigation dismissed
Kathryn Sylvia reports: Continuing the growing trend of dismissing data breach cases when there is no evidence of actual harm, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada last week dismissed a class action case filed against Zappos related to a 2012 hacking incident. Following the hacking incident, Zappos provided notice of the data…
Japan Pension Service left external e-mail connected after hacking
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: In connection with recent cyber-attacks that led to about 1.25 million cases of personal data of pension subscribers being stolen, the Japan Pension Service (JPS) blocked external e-mail communications on June 4, seven days after the incident was confirmed, the JPS president has said. While the JPS has explained so far…