I’ve recently seen a number of reported breaches involving unnamed payroll vendor(s). I wish notification letters would name the breached vendor(s) so we’d know if it’s the same vendor or if a bunch of payroll vendors have recently been successfully attacked. Today’s report is from Sorenson Communications, who notified U.S. Sorenson Communications and CaptionCall@ employees that…
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Chicago’s Trustwave sued over Target data breach
Ooh. Trustwave has been sued for their role in the Target breach. The plaintiffs in the potential class action lawsuit are Green Bank and Trustmark Bank John Pletz reports: Although the most serious allegations are leveled at Target, the suit alleges that Trustwave failed to identify deficiencies in the retailer’s IT systems. Trustwave’s software audits companies’ IT systems…
AU: Doubts over computer hacker case
JoAnne McCarthy reports: An alleged computer hacker described last year as a ‘‘considerable risk to society’’ could apply to have all charges against him dismissed after questions about the case against him and the ‘‘guns blazing attitude’’ of police. Matthew Flannery, 24, of Point Clare, was allegedly an international hacking group leader when he was…
Potential 7 Million Credit Card Details Leaked by “Anonymous Ukraine” (update2)
Lee J reports on DataLossDB: The last couple of weeks have seen tensions rising between Russia and Ukraine, and along with it an increase in computer crime. Sometime earlier this morning, a post allegedly by Anonymous Ukraine has claimed to have published “more than 800 million credit cards” by releasing four archives: Visa, Mastercard, American…
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Confession, Evidence in Reuters Employee Hacking Case
Kim Zetter reports: A federal judge has refused to dismiss a recorded confession and computer evidence collected in the case of a former Reuters employee accused of conspiring with members of Anonymous to hack his former employer. Matthew Keys, 26, sought to throw out his confession on the grounds that he was on an antidepressant…
Maricopa County Community College District sued to compel public records production (update 1)
You may not be reading much in the news recently about the breach involving Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), but there’s a lot going on. Unfortunately, MCCCD has reportedly not been particularly forthcoming with records that might shed light on what really happened back in 2011 when MCCCD was informed by the FBI that…