David Voreacos has an update to the case against Vladimir Drinkman: A Russian hacker pleaded guilty in the biggest data-breach case in U.S. history, admitting he helped steal 160 million credit-card numbers. Vladimir Drinkman, 34, said Tuesday in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, that he conspired with four other men to pillage credit card numbers…
Category: Business Sector
U.S. judge certifies class action over Target Corp data breach
Joseph Ax reports: A U.S. judge on Tuesday certified a class action against Target Corp brought by several banks over the retailer’s massive data breach in 2013. Read more on Reuters.
Glidewell notifies employees after security incident
James R. Glidewell, Dental Ceramics, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Glidewell”) are notifying employees of a security incident. According to a notification letter submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office, Glidewell learned that “an unauthorized individual may have taken certain documents and data maintained and/or owned by Glidewell, without Glidewell’s authorization.” The data theft occurred on February…
Police probe on 1MDB data theft can’t proceed without Justo, says IGP
Mayuri Mei Lin reports: Malaysia’s top policeman said Bukit Aman is still waiting for their Thai counterparts to respond to its request to record a statement from former PetroSaudi International (PSI) executive Xavier Andre Justo in connection to its investigation on an opposition lawmaker’s alleged offer to buy stolen data on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)….
Medical Informatics Engineering, Concentra, Employers, Data Sharing, And Privacy
Over on I’ve Been Mugged, George Jenkins describes what he learned when he and his wife really pursued the question of how Medical Informatics Engineering had wound up with his wife’s personal information caught up in their breach. It’s a long – but important – read, as it highlights routine business practices that may come…
Ashley Madison lawsuit drops GoDaddy and Amazon as defendants
Alexander J. Martin reports: Amazon and GoDaddy have been dropped as defendants in an ongoing lawsuit over hosted data from have-an-affair site Ashley Madison – as the plaintiffs try and force offending websites to delete the data ahead of any future trial. Read more on The Register. It appears that the plaintiffs are now seeking…