Oscar Williams-Grut reports: Hackers are increasingly targeting “internet of things” devices to access corporate systems, using things like CCTV cameras or air-conditioning units, according to the CEO of a cybersecurity firm. …. Eagan gave one memorable anecdote about a case Darktrace worked on in which a casino was hacked via a thermometer in an aquarium…
Category: Business Sector
Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. Notifies Clients, Individuals Following Cyberattack
Sometimes I see a press release subject line and incorrectly assume it will be about customer data. This one from April 13 is more serious, it seems: Mise En Place Restaurant Services, Inc. (“MEP”) announced today that it was subject to a ransomware attack, which may have potentially exposed some information of clients and individuals….
Unit of Thai telco True says customers’ data leakage fixed
Reuters reports: Thailand’s iTruemart, a unit of mobile phone operator True Corp Plc, said on Saturday it has fixed a data leak that led to information on some of its customers, including their ID and passport data, becoming public. The files of customers buying “TrueMove H” mobile packages had been ‘hacked’, it said in a…
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Barnes & Noble Data Breach Class Action
Edward J. McAndrew of Ballard Spahr reports: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reinstated a data breach class action filed against Barnes & Noble (B&N). The litigation, styled as Dieffenbach v. Barnes & Noble, Inc., now heads back to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, which previously dismissed the…
College Consultants’ Client Information Was Exposed on Web Servers
Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz reports: User names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information belonging to independent college consultants who used CollegePlannerPro from 2015 to 2017 were freely available to anyone on web servers used by the software company. An anonymous tip sent to The Chronicle on Thursday pointed out a hyperlink that anyone could use to…
Uber Agrees to Expanded Settlement with FTC Related to Privacy, Security Claims
Uber Technologies, Inc. has agreed to expand the proposed settlement it reached with the Federal Trade Commission last year over charges that the ride-sharing company deceived consumers about its privacy and data security practices. After the announcement of last year’s proposed settlement, the Commission learned that Uber had failed to disclose a significant breach of…