James Lim reports: Pandora TV Co. Ltd., the South Korea-based operator of the country’s biggest video sharing website, lost 114,707 pieces of personal information during two confirmed intrusions in September, an official at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) told Bloomberg BNA Oct. 22. “Based on what we have found so far, 7.4 million pieces of…
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Role In Multimillion-Dollar International Cybercrime Scheme
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog. A member of an international cybercrime, identity theft and credit card fraud conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison for using information hacked from customer accounts held at more than a dozen banks, brokerage firms, payroll processing companies and government agencies in an attempt…
Sex toys e-tailer notifies some customers of breach
Sinclair Institute, provider of articles on sex education as well as sex toys and intimacy aids, is notifying some customers of a breach involving their web site. In a letter dated October 23, David Groves, President, writes in part: We are writing to inform you of a recent data security incident which likely involved some…
FL: Police pinpoint source of Tallassee credit card hack
Lindsey Rogers reports: A Tallassee business is now front and center in an investigation into hundreds of stolen identities. The hack affected up to 700 people in and around the small town. Victims continue to deal with the fallout from the massive credit card hack. Anne Christian and Elizabeth Britt are Tallassee residents who had…
And yet another Experian data breach
This time, the client whose credentials were misused to access Experian’s database was Everglades Federal Credit Union. By my count, that’s now more than 60 breaches of this kind since 2006. Why has no federal agency done anything about this?
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act No Help to Employer Suing Employee Who Took Proprietary Business Info
Michelle Hackim writes: An employer had no cause of action under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) against an employee who accessed its computer systems to misappropriate confidential and proprietary business information to start a competing business, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has held. Cranel Inc. v. Pro Image Consultants…