From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Mr Karun Tandon has been prosecuted at Manchester Magistrates’ Court for offences of unlawfully obtaining and selling personal data. The defendant, who worked at Lex Autolease Limited emailed personal data of 551 Lex Autolease customers, relating to road traffic accidents, from his former employer’s computer system to his personal email…
Category: Business Sector
Coloradan Apologizes After 1.9 Million Photobucket Accounts Hacked
Rick Salinger reports: A 29 month prison sentence was handed down on Tuesday to a Colorado man who pleaded guilty to charges involving a massive photo hacking scheme. Brandon Bourret, of Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud. The FBI tracked Bourret and a colleague down after a total of 1.9 million…
NC: Two Men Sentenced To Prison On Wire Fraud Conspiracy Charges For Attempting To Steal More Than $1.3 Million Through Unauthorized Wire Transfers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jamel Ski Yates, a/k/a “Goo,” 43, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 36 months in prison on federal wire fraud conspiracy charges for attempting to steal more than $1.3 million through unauthorized wire transfers, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
Mapco Data Breach Class-Action: How To Get Your Settlement
There’s a follow-up to a 2013 payment card breach involving MAPCO that was followed by litigation. Now the litigation has resulted in a settlement offer, it seems. J.R. Lind reports: To qualify, you must reside in the United States and your personal or financial data was stolen from Mapco’s data systems and if you were damaged…
Nationwide data breach class action to continue after Sixth Circuit ruling
Michelle de Leon writes: A panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declared the victims of a data breach suffered by Nationwide Insurance no longer need to establish their standing to prove that they are in danger. The victims of the 2012 data breach committed against the Nationwide…
Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Exploited Flaw in Windows
Jay Greene and Robert McMillan report: The hackers believed responsible for breaking into computers at the Democratic National Committee have exploited previously undisclosed flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system and Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash software, Microsoft said Tuesday. It is unclear if those hackers, reportedly tied to Russia, used the newly disclosed vulnerabilities to hack into the…