A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Michael Daniel Rubens, 30, formerly of Tallahassee, with seven counts of cyberstalking, five counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Rubens was arraigned this week in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova,…
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Class action suit brought against Excellus over hack
It may be the first, but I doubt it will be the last lawsuit filed. There’s nothing dramatically different about the complaint compared to other lawsuits in that there are no claims of concrete harms like fraudulent accounts, etc. The main claim is that the plaintiffs have spent time and money protecting themselves. The lawsuit includes…
7th Circuit Declines En Banc Rehearing in Neiman Marcus Data Breach Ruling
Jody Godoy reports: The Seventh Circuit declined to rehear an appeal it decided against Neiman Marcus over a payment card data breach on Thursday, leaving in place the precedential ruling that held plaintiffs can sue for the trouble and expense of preventing fraud on their accounts. The ruling will allow the suit in Illinois federal court, which…
Central New Mexico Community College student information possibly compromised (Updated)
KOAT reports: Thousands of Central New Mexico Community College students could be at risk of having their personnel information compromised. The college said someone from the health center reported in July that a thumb drive with students’ birth dates and Social Security numbers was missing. The college does not know what happened to it. Read more…
Iron Tiger Campaign Stolen ‘Terabytes’ of Data in APAC and US
Phil Muncaster reports: Security researchers have discovered another advanced China-based targeted attack campaign which shifted its focus from APAC targets in 2013 to steal up to terabytes of data from hi-tech US government contractors. “Emissary Panda” or “Threat Group-3390 (TG-3390)” launched its Iron Tiger campaign in 2010, spying on political targets and government agencies in…
Advocate Health class action lawsuit trimmed
Linn Foster Freedman writes: Last week, an Illinois judge dismissed with prejudice five of the six claims levied against Advocate Health Care in a consolidated case of ten cases filed against it following the data breach it experienced in July of 2013 when four unencrypted laptops were stolen from its administrative office, exposing the data…