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Verizon staff arrested for stealing customer’s nude pics

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dissent

Iain Thomson reports: Two Verizon staffers are under indictment for allegedly stealing nude photographs from an attractive female customer’s phone and passing them around. According to the gendarmes, the two men worked at a Verizon store in Bartow, Florida, where one, Joshua Stuart, 24, helped a nubile local waitress transfer her data from her old…

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What will Congress do now that it knows about numerous breaches involving Experian? And what will the FTC do?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Dissent

Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg News provides media attention to a problem I’ve noted previously on this blog – that Experian suffers a lot of data breaches* where a client’s login is compromised and misused by unauthorized individuals.  His coverage will hopefully inform national conversations about transparency, consumer protection, and breach notification. First is the issue…

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FTC Finalizes Settlements with Two Businesses that Exposed Consumers Sensitive Information Over P2P Networks

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dissent

From the FTC, a follow-up to a previously-reported action: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted as final settlements with two operations it charged with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers by allowing peer-to-peer file-sharing software to be installed on their corporate computer systems.  Settlements with Utah-based debt…

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MT: Two employees charged with stealing credit card info from Helena restaurant

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Dissent

Melissa Anderson reports another instance of an insider breach in the hospitality sector: Two men made their initial appearance in a Helena courtroom on Thursday, accused of stealing credit card numbers from customers at the L&D Chinese Buffet. […] The two men, who worked at the restaurant at the time of the alleged crimes, are…

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Duquesne Light notifying 20,000 customers after employee “mishandled” their data

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Dissent

Ah… another media report of a breach that leaves me scratching my head. Margaret Harding reports: Duquesne Light Co. is notifying thousands of customers that an employee mishandled their personal information. There is no evidence anyone used the information illegally, but the company will offer two years of free credit monitoring to 20,000 of its…

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Barnes & Noble discloses breach involving pin pads at dozens of stores (update2)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Dissent

Remember when Michael’s Stores found that pin pads in some stores had been replaced?  It looks like the same thing has happened to bookseller Barnes & Noble’s brick and mortar stores.  According to the New York Times,  the firm discovered the breach on September 14. As of now, it appears that pads at 63 stores…

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