Katie Dangerfield reports: Nissan Canada Finance says the personal information of approximately 1.13 million customers may have been exposed due to a data breach. In a media release sent Thursday, the company said the breach involved unauthorized person(s) gaining access to the personal information of some customers that have financed their vehicles through Nissan Canada…
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Lime Crime settles lawsuit over 2015 data breach
Back in February, 2015, this site noted that vegan makeup company Lime Crime had reportedly been hacked, and that some customers were voicing their displeasure over the firm’s security and lack of responsiveness when problems had been noted. Not surprisingly, then, some customers filed suit over the data breach. And also not surprisingly, neither the…
Pinterest notifies users of suspicious activity
As submitted to the California Attorney General’s site: Subject: Important information about your Pinterest account Hi [Name], We’re writing to share important information about your account, including recommendations about how to make your account more secure. As explained below, we have detected suspicious activity on your account, and you need to {log in with your Google…
Banks Find (Some) Success Suing Over Data Breaches
Donna Wilson of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP writes: Banks continue to file suit against retailers, hoping to shift the costs of data breaches, with some recent success. What happened In January 2016, hackers accessed Eddie Bauer’s point-of-sale register system and installed malicious software that infected every Eddie Bauer store in the United States and…
Appleby taking legal action after leak
So I’m not sure whether to tag this as “shoot the messenger” or an attack on press freedom – or maybe both, but MANX Radio reports: The firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers says it’s pursuing legal action against those who made allegations. Appleby, which has a large office in Douglas, had millions of confidential files leaked…
Teenage hacker behind university network attacks and attacks on Amazon, BBC, and National Crime Agency spared jail
Chris Havergal reports: A teenage computer hacker who caused widespread disruption to the computer network used by UK higher education institutions has been spared jail. Jack Chappell, now 19, launched a distributed denial of service attack against the Janet network in December 2015 which brought down websites and limited connectivity for staff and students over…