Wes Mayer reports: Davit Kudugulyan, the leader of an Armenian group that stole financial information from hundreds of victims throughout multiple states, including numerous victims in Coweta County, pleaded guilty in New York County on Wednesday. Last March, Kudugulyan and three other suspects, Garegin Spartalyan, Hayk Dzhandzhapanyan and Aram Martirosian, were arrested in New York…
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NC: Skimmers steal CMPD gas card info; police warning public
Coleen Harry reports: Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are reminding people to be vigilant when paying for gas at the pump after officers with the department fell victim to card skimmers at local pumps. Police say four of the department’s Fuelman credit cards were skimmed at a local gas station in April. Officers have not said where…
WikiLeaks dumps 276,000 more documents from Sony hack
AFP reports: WikiLeaks on Thursday released 276,394 new documents from the hack of Sony Pictures in what could be a further embarrassment for the Japanese media and electronics group. The new release adds to more than 30,000 documents published by WikiLeaks in April. Both groups of documents can be searched on the WikiLeaks page. Read…
AU: Adobe privacy breach sparks call to move on alert laws
Sarah Martin reports: A security breach that led to the personal information of up to 1.7 million Australians being hacked — including passwords and credit card information — has fuelled calls for the government to fast-track privacy alert laws. Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has released his final report into the investigation of software giant Adobe,…
Sony Fails to Shake Data Breach Suit
Marisa Kendall reports: A federal judge ruled Monday that employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. whose personal information was exposed in last year’s data breach have standing to sue even if they can’t prove that information was used by criminals. It’s often difficult for lawyers to successfully show collective harm in data breach class actions…
Credit Unions May Disclose Breached Merchant Names
Tina Orem reports: MasterCard and Visa have confirmed to the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues that card issuers are allowed under their network rules to divulge to members the names of merchants involved in data breaches, giving credit unions and other card issuers a significant opportunity to mitigate some of the reputational damage that…