Jamison Dowd reports: Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head, home of the RBC Heritage, may have been the victims of a computer hack resulting in stolen credit card information. Officials with the resort sat they are conducting a full investigation the extent of the situation and is working with credit card networks to minimize the impact…
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FL: Pompano woman faces up to 32 years in prison for involvement in ID theft fraud
Another follow-up to a previously reported case. Emily Miller reports: A Pompano Beach woman faces up to 32 years in prison for her participation in an identity theft fraud scheme involving personal identifying information from AT&T customer files. Monique Smith, 31, of Pompano Beach, has pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit…
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Home Depot For Consumer Data Security Breach (press release)
Home Depot Hires Security Firms to Investigate Possible Breach
Matt Townsend provides this update: Home Depot Inc. (HD:US), the largest home-improvement chain, has enlistedSymantec Corp. (SYMC:US) and FishNet Security Inc. to help investigate a suspected data breach after learning of the possibility earlier this week. Home Deport is working with the companies and other top information-security firms to review the situation, Paula Drake, a spokeswoman for the…
Target Wants Banks’ Claims Tossed In Data Breach MDL
This is where lawyers earn their keep: Target Corp. urged a Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday to toss a consolidated class action over the company’s massive data breach, arguing that the bank plaintiffs cannot claim negligence because they do not have a direct relationship with Target. Target argues that under state law, merchants aren’t liable…
Update: Nearly All U.S. Home Depot Stores Hit – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: New data gathered from the cybercrime underground suggests that the apparent credit and debit card breach at Home Depot involves nearly all of the company’s stores across the nation. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com.