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So how’s eBay doing on breach response so far?

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dissent

Not well, it seems. There was no notice up on their site yesterday, and registered users did not receive e-mails warning them to change their passwords. Those who found out via media coverage rushed to the site today to try to change their passwords. The traffic was so heavy that the site couldn’t function well…

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eBay argued against stronger privacy breach penalties

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dissent

Josh Taylor reports: As eBay hastily informs its customers of its massive privacy breach, the company told the Australian Law Reform Commission that stopping reputation damage was enough of an incentive to protect customer data, and that statutory action against privacy breaches was unnecessary. Read more on ZDNet. By the way, the numbers are all…

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Target profit falls 16% as breach takes toll

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: Target cut its annual profit outlook Wednesday and said its first-quarter earnings fell 16 percent as it took another hit from a massive customer data breach and a troubled expansion in Canada. The third-largest U.S. retailer, based in Minneapolis, also issued a second-quarter projection that was below analysts’ expectations. Read more on…

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PA: Another Paytime client affected by hack notifies employees

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Dissent

Eric Veronikis reports that about 200 employees of Carlisle Borough are being notified of the breach at payroll processor Paytime, Inc.: Carlisle learned this week that its payroll information was compromised as the company it formerly used to process pay slips recently discovered a data breach that put the personal information of its customers’ employees at…

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Paytime sends notification letters

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Dissent

The Paytime, Inc. breach, noted previously, has resulted in Paytime notifying the California Attorney General’s Office. Since California only requires notification if over 500 residents are affected, it may indicate that the breach was fairly large. According to their forensic investigation, hackers accessed personal information – including name, address, phone numbers, Social Security number and date…

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Update: Sailor convicted of hacking websites from aboard aircraft carrier

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher reports: A 27-year old now-former sailor pleaded guilty in a federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 20 to charges of conspiracy after leading a band of hackers in the US and Canada from onboard an aircraft carrier. Nicholas Paul Knight, who was the system administrator for the USS Harry S. Truman’s nuclear reactors department, was…

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