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Aldi data breach shows payment terminal holes

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Dissent

Jaikumar Vijayan reports on the ALDI breach that’s been in the news recently: …. More than 1,000 Aldi shoppers in the Chicago area and from Indianopolis have already reported fraudulent activities related to breaches at Aldi stores. There have been similar reports in other states as well. Analysts estimate that there could be some tens…

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Two More Courts Close the Doors on Data Breach Plaintiffs

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Dissent

Venkat Balasubramani discusses two recent court decisions that turned data breach plaintiffs away.  The first case is the Hannaford case, discussed previously on this blog, but I was surprised to learn that the Providence Health System breach finally was decided: Paul v. Providence Health System-Oregon, (Ore. Ct. App. Oct. 6, 2010): this case involved the…

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Cancer researcher fights UNC demotion over data breach (updated)

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Dissent

Gregory Childress reports that a data breach had significant consequences for a researcher.  Because I don’t recall ever seeing such consequences before, I think this is pretty newsworthy: A UNC cancer researcher is fighting a demotion and pay cut she received after a security breach in the medical study she directs. Bonnie Yankaskas, a professor in…

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FL: Ex-employee accused of hacking into loan company’s computers, stealing data

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Dissent

News-Press.com reports: A former employee of Home Lynx Home Loans on College Parkway is accused of hacking into the company’s computer system and stealing confidential customer information, potential customer lists and marketing material. The former employee, whose name was not available in the sheriff’s report, was terminated in June. The owner of the company told…

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Staring into the abyss: how many breaches go unreported?

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Dissent

While compiling data breach reports submitted to Maine a few months ago, one of the things I discovered (no pun intended), was that Discover submits batched reports to at least two states. Their reports indicate how many Discover card members are affected by the incidents, but their logs don’t provide much detail about the incidents…

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Pirate Bay User Database Exploited By Spammers

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Dissent

Ernesto writes that a recent hack of The Pirate Bay may be linked to some recent spam users have been receiving: Two months ago a group of Argentinian hackers successfully gained access to The Pirate Bay’s admin panel through a security breach. At the time, the hackers stated that they didn’t want to exploit the vulnerability,…

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