David McAfee reports: California’s state bar association, which is responsible for licensing and regulating more than 250,000 lawyers in the most populous US state, is itself under scrutiny for a data leak that allowed confidential client complaint and attorney disciplinary record data to be captured by a free court records website. As many as 322,500…
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Malaysian POS provider StoreHub almost exposed one million customers in data leak
Aaron Raj reports: Another day, another data leak report in Malaysia. Data leaks and breaches are becoming so rampant in Malaysia that there is news about them almost every week in the local media. Now, almost a million customers have had their data leaked in what may be an industry-impacting incident. According to a report by…
Montrose Environmental Group Says Ransomware Attack Took Place Over Weekend
Denny Jacob reports: Montrose Environmental Group Inc. said Tuesday that it determined it was the target of a ransomware attack over the weekend. The environmental services company said it believes the attack primarily affected computers and servers within its Enthalpy Analytical laboratory network based on currently available information. Montrose said fact patterns of the attack…
Analysis of the Fourth Circuit’s Opinion in In re Marriott International, Inc.
Gargi Chaudhuri and James Masella, III of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP write: On April 21, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland of allegations that Marriott International had violated federal securities laws by omitting from…
Shoprite Group issues warning on ‘suspected data compromise’ (UPDATED)
TimesLive reports: The Shoprite Group said on Friday evening it had become aware of a suspected data compromise, including names and ID numbers, which may affect some customers who engaged in money transfers to and within Eswatini and within Namibia and Zambia. “Affected customers will receive an SMS to the cell number supplied at the…
Data breach lawsuits settle: UPMC vendor and a holding company for department stores
Two potential class action lawsuits involving data breaches have reportedly settled. One awaits final approval in October, but the other settlement is already final. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center data breach $450K class action settlement During April to June 2020, Charles J. Hilton PC (CJH), a firm hired by UPMC for billing services, allegedly suffered…