Sara Merken reports: Lawyers for Epiq Systems Inc have removed a lawsuit to federal court that alleges the legal services provider failed to adequately protect personal information under California’s consumer privacy law. Read more on Reuters.
Category: Business Sector
Judge Dismisses Testing Platform Cyberattack Case Against Pearson
Kirsten Errick reports that a lawsuit against Pearson stemming from a 2018 breach that they were alerted to in 2019 has been tossed for lack of Article III standing: Judge John Z. Lee of the Northern District issued an opinion on Tuesday granting Pearson’s motion to dismiss regarding the data breach of its AIMSweb testing platform, which…
US provides new expanded set of espionage charges against former Twitter employees
Campbell Kwan reports: Fresh off dismissing spying charges against two former Twitter employees and another individual on Tuesday, the US government has unfurled a new superseding indictment that accuses the three individuals of even more offences. The two former Twitter employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah, and the third person named Ahmed Almutairi were originally charged with…
Data Breach at Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Exposes User’s Personal Info
Mohammad Musharraf reports: Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July. In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on July 14 when a researcher participating in its bounty program reached out with details of a…
Hackers stole GitHub and GitLab OAuth tokens from Git analytics firm Waydev
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Waydev, an analytics platform used by software companies, has disclosed a security breach earlier this month. The company says that hackers broke into its platform and stole GitHub and GitLab OAuth tokens from its internal database. Read more on ZDNet.
Hiscox Hack Suit Advances as Warden Grier Loses Dismissal Bid
Julia Weng reports: Hiscox Insurance Co. Inc. can move forward with claims against Warden Grier LLP, which lost a bid to dismiss allegations that fault the law firm’s handling of a hack that exposed the insurer’s data. Read more on Bloomberg. As reported on DataBreaches.net in 2018, thedarkoverlord (“TDO”) had started leaking what they claimed…