Main Justice reports that a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble over their hacked pin pads has been dismissed because the plaintiffs failed to even demonstrate that their information was stolen, much less that they were harmed or experienced unreimbursed costs for an imminent jury. Plaintiffs can amend the complaint to try to demonstrate harm, but…
Category: Breach Incidents
8News Investigates: Schools Release Student’s Personal Info
Parents of children at Hopkins Road and Salem Church Road Elementary Schools say their kids came home with sensitive data belonging to other students and they now want to know who has access to their kid’s private data. An 8News investigation found 130 students at the two schools brought home information forms filled with personal…
Two Romanian Nationals Sentenced to Prison for Scheme to Steal Payment Card Data
An update on a breach previously noted on this blog: Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 29, of Constanta, Romania, and Iulian Dolan, 28, of Craiova, Romania, were sentenced today to serve 15 years and seven years in prison, respectively, for participating in an international, multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds of…
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses dismissal of negligence claims against Heartland Payment Systems
It seems it isn’t all over for a lawsuit by nine financial institutions against Heartland Payment Systems following a mammoth breach disclosed in January 2009. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s dismissal of negligence claims and remanded. Here’s part of the opinion, issued yesterday: Turning to the case sub judice, we hold the…
7GB data Leaked from Azerenergy, Azerbaijan’s largest electrical power producer
Once again anonymous hacktivist have announced another leak of data from the Azerbaijan government and more so its largest electrical power producer . The leak which is said to be over 7GB of files comes from Azerenergy and has been uploaded to anonfiles in 13 different parts. The announcement of the leaked data was originally posted to cyberguerrilla.org just…
Attorney General Jepsen Reaches Settlement with Citibank on Online Credit Card System Security
Back in June 2011, I noted a breach involving Citibank (previous coverage here and here). There’s now a follow-up to that breach: Citibank N.A. will pay $55,000 to the state of Connecticut and will obtain a third-party data security audit of its online credit card account system under a settlement filed in court today, Attorney…