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Uber security breach may have affected up to 50,000 drivers (updated)

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Tracey Lien reports: Thousands of Uber driver names and driver’s license numbers may be in the hands of an unauthorized third party due to a data breach that occurred last year, the ride-hailing company announced today. In a statement, Uber’s managing counsel of data privacy Katherine Tassi said the company discovered on Sept. 17, 2014,…

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Essar Group claims leaked e-mails were stolen. Or fabricated.

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

What’s the law in India about the press publishing documents that have been stolen if they haven’t been involved in the theft? I know we have First Amendment protection here (although it’s not absolute), but what’s Indian law on that? There’s a scandal involving Essar Group, with the media reporting revelations as a whistleblower leak….

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TalkTalk data breach leads to scam phone calls for customers

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes: Hackers have stolen the personal details of thousands of TalKTalk customers, and – in some cases – used them to scam further information such as sensitive banking information. Yesterday, UK broadband and phone operator TalkTalk emailed customers to tell them that an investigation had uncovered that there had been a significant data…

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Wyndham: Third Circuit Requests Briefing on Whether FTC Declared Unreasonable Cybersecurity Practices Are ‘Unfair’

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Dissent

Katherine Gasztonyi writes: On February 20, the Third Circuit sent a letter to counsel in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., identifying at least one topic that will be addressed in the upcoming oral argument regarding the parties’ dispute over whether the FTC has the authority to regulate companies’ data security practices: whether unreasonable cybersecurity practices…

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TX: Missouri City Woman Charged with Stealing More Than $1 Million from Former Employer

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Dissent

Michelle Robyn Freytag, 47, was arrested last week, following the return of a 20-count federal indictment alleging wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The indictment, returned Feb. 11, 2015, alleges Freytag was hired in April 2009 to be the executive assistant for a Houston businessman. Freytag was hired in April 2009, according to the indictment. As…

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Controversy over 2006 Ernst & Young breach continues

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Dissent

In September, I reported a  case in Canada involving Mark Morris, a man who purchased decommissioned hardware from Ernst & Young in 2006 that he claimed had not been properly wiped.  Morris had been employed by Synergy Partners, a firm Ernst & Young bought in 2003.  He had purchased at least two servers and dozens of devices…

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