Andrew Shain reports: South Carolina should set aside $200,000 next year for a fund to compensate victims of the massive computer hacking at the S.C. Department of Revenue, state Sen. Vincent Sheheen and state Treasurer Curtis Loftis proposed Tuesday. The fund would be administered like the state’s unclaimed property operation, headed by the treasurer’s office….
Category: Breach Incidents
No damages? Illinois federal court tosses Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim alleging hacking of law firm network
Paul Freehling of Seyfarth Shaw LLP writes: An Illinois federal court recently found in the favor of the defendant on a plaintiff’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim because the plaintiff allegedly failed to satisfy the statute’s $5,000 damages threshold. The plaintiff, a computer consulting servicing company which spent time restoring its client’s computer network…
Bloomberg ‘Leaked Over 10,000 Private Messages’
As if Bloomberg wasn’t getting enough bad press already, they reportedly also had a data breach. Tom Brewster of TechWeekEurope reports: Bloomberg is in hot water over privacy again, after it was claimed the company had left over 10,000 private messages sent by its customers online. The revelations come at a bad time for Bloomberg,…
CERT probing security breach at IT firms
ElectraCard Services was one of two payment processors in India named in conjunction with that massive $45M cyberheist. The other one is reportedly EnStage, Inc. Read more on ManoramaOnline.com.
Bloomberg Names Compliance Chief After Client Data Breach
Catherine Dunn reports: Bloomberg LP is looking to repair the ongoing fallout over a controversial breach of client data, and the financial information company is adding a new compliance officer to help. Bloomberg executive Steve Ross will now lead the company’s client data compliance office as Bloomberg continues to field questions over the division between its newsgathering operation and its core…
City of Mobile Police Hacked & Data Leaked by Turkish Ajan
Turkish Ajan hacker group has today announced a leak of data from the City of Mobile Police (https://www.mobilepd.org). The City of mobile police is located in the town of Mobile which claims to be the 3rd largest city in the U.S. State of Alabama and is the official police department for the county and surrounding area. >…