Matt Miller reports: Saying no legally compensable injuries have yet occurred, a federal judge Friday dismissed two would-be class-action lawsuits filed over last year’s massive data breach at the Paytime Inc. national payroll firm. The clients who sued the Cumberland County-based Paytime had sought financial damages for what they claimed was the threat they face of…
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Romano’s Jewelers Owner, Employees Charged With Identity Theft
By Candice Nguyen and Lynn Walsh report: The owner of a San Diego jewelry store and two employees have been charged with 14 counts of identity theft in connection with obtaining personal financial information from customers who were active duty military members, according to a complaint filed by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office…
Court’s Interpretation of Merchant Services Agreement Limits Retailer’s Liability to Card Brands for Data Breach
Gregory Bautista and Melissa Ventrone of Wilson Elser write: On January 15, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri ruled that fees, assessments and costs imposed by the credit card brands on Schnuck Markets, Inc. (Schnuck), a grocery chain estimated to have had 2.4 million customers’ credit and debit card information compromised by…
SC: Did you work at Westpoint Stevens in Seneca? Check your credit report.
Greenville Online reports that The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an identity theft case and the possibility that personnel files from former Westpoint Stevens employees may have been stolen. FoxCarolina adds that law enforcement is asking former employees at the Westpoint Stevens Seneca plant to check their credit reports. A statement posted today on the…
Talos Discovery Spotlight: Hundreds of Thousands of Google Apps Domains’ Private WHOIS Information Disclosed
Nick Biasini, Alex Chiu, Jaeson Schultz, and Craig Williams write: In mid-2013, a problem occurred that slowly began unmasking the hidden registration information for owners’ domains that had opted into WHOIS privacy protection. These domains all appear to be registered via Google App [1], using eNom as a registrar. At the time of writing this…
KHNP hacker demands money to withhold documents
WNN reports: A hacker who launched a cyber attack on Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) last December has released more files and demanded money in return for not exchanging sensitive information with third countries. From 15 December a group calling itself ‘Who am I = No nuclear power’ began releasing information it obtained from…