Nicholas Iovino reports the latest development in a case previously noted on this site: A fired Silicon Valley tech worker pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to computer fraud charges related to his alleged theft of trade secrets from his former employer last year. Jing Zeng, 43, of San Ramon, was arrested at the San Francisco International Airport in…
Category: Business Sector
Danish tax authority pays source for names mentioned in Panama Papers
DPA reports: Denmark will pay an anonymous source for information about hundreds of Danish nationals mentioned in a data leak from a Panama-based law firm linked to tax-dodging schemes, the Danish minister of taxation said Wednesday. Karsten Lauritzen welcomed the fact that parliament’s tax committee broadly supported the scheme, but noted “there is a risk…
Breach response and notification done right: Nourse Farms
I occasionally come across breach notifications that impress me quite favorably. This notification by Nourse Farms is a good example of a strong incident response described in a strong letter that will be more likely to reassure customers than infuriate them.
Noodles & Company sued by financial institutions over breach
The Denver Channel reports that Noodles & Company has been sued by financial institutions who allege that they suffered injury as a result of a databreach first reported in May – a breach they claim could have been avoided had Noodles & Company learned from all the hacks of other major retailers and deployed adequate security….
As databases from old hacks appear, they also go up for sale
The free market system might appear to be alive and well on the dark web. As sites like LeakedSource add newly leaked databases from hacks in 2012-2015, we are also likely to find the databases up for sale on sites like dark web marketplaces. For current examples, see the listings for the Dropbox database and BitcoinTalk forum database:…
Russian internet giant Rambler.ru hacked, leaking 98 million accounts
Zack Whittaker reports on yet another 2012 hack where the data are first being leaked publicly: Russian internet portal and email provider Rambler.ru has become the latest victim in a growing list of historical hacks. Breach notification site LeakedSource.com, which obtained a copy of an internal customer database, said the attack dates back to February…