A reader sent this in with a note that a bunch of folks in his office received this email this morning: Dear Morningstar client: I am writing to make you aware that some of your personal information, including your name, address, email address, and password, may have been compromised because of an illegal intrusion into…
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LinkedIn Seeks Dismissal Of Data-Breach Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports that LinkedIn is second dismissal of Khalilah Wright’s second amended complaint stemming from a breach affecting over 6 million users. LinkedIn says that the consumer, Virginia resident Khalilah Wright, still hasn’t set out sufficient allegations to proceed with their lawsuit, which alleges that the company didn’t use basic encryption techniques to secure…
Privacy Commissioner details ‘web leakage’ research, but declines to name sites found in violation
Matthew Braga reports: The Office of Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has declined to name 11 Canadian websites found to be leaking personal information to third parties without the knowledge of users, but revealed in a blog post that privacy practices had improved after being notified of the government’s concerns. A study found that user names, email…
Australian customers’ private phone calls online
Ben Grubb reports: “This call may be recorded for training and quality purposes.” And perhaps inadvertently uploaded to the internet if you’re a customer of a certain Australian telco. Recorded voice contracts containing personally identifiable information between telco IF Telecom and its customers have been found online by an Australian security expert while performing a…
Wyndham Vacation Resorts reports an insider breach
As if Wyndham didn’t have enough problems from a number of breaches it experienced a few years ago, it seems that they may have had an insider breach, too. In a report to the Maryland Attorney General dated March 12, Stratis Pridgeon, Group Vice President of Legal Services for Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc. (which includes…
Raley’s warns customers after network attacked
Katie Nelson reports: The Raley’s supermarket chain warned customers Thursday that part of the company’s computer network may have been targeted in a cyber attack. The company stated in a news release that it could not confirm if any unauthorized access had been made to payment card data, but that an internal investigation remains ongoing….