The FTC’s lawsuit against Wyndham over three data breaches didn’t go unnoticed by Wyndham’s shareholders, one of whom, Dennis Palkon, recently filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and its executives in federal court in New Jersey. I’ve uploaded the lawsuit here (pdf, 8.4MB, 86 pp.). The redactions are in the court filing, and…
Category: Hack
Former Navy nuclear aircraft systems administrator charged with hacking
Yesterday, the United States charged two men for their participation in a conspiracy to hack into the computer systems of over 30 public and private organizations, including the United States Navy and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The single-count Information alleges that Nicholas Paul Knight, 27, of Chantilly, Virginia, and Daniel Trenton Krueger, 20, of Salem, Illinois,…
In his words: How a whitehat hacked a university and became an FBI target
Sean Gallagher reports on the hack of U. Maryland that got a contractor’s former employee in hot water with the FBI: David Helkowski stood waiting outside a restaurant in Towson, Maryland, fresh from a visit to the unemployment office. Recently let go from his computer consulting job after engaging in some “freelance hacking” of a…
Affinity Gaming reports second data breach
Howard Stutz reports that Affinity Gaming has reported a second hacking incident involving its payment card processing system. But although its first incident reportedly affected up to 300,000 customers, Affinity Gaming is confident this breach did not result in the theft of any customer card data after April 28th. They do not indicate when the…
In wake of massive data breach, Target CEO steps down
In the wake of its massive data breach, Gregg Steinhafel, Chairman of the Target board of directors, president and CEO, steps down.
U. North Carolina Wilmington reports yet another security incident
From their website (h/t, idRADAR.com): Important Notice About Unauthorized Server Access – April 29, 2014 UNCW’s Information Technology Services team has discovered unauthorized access to a UNCW applications server, making it possible to access a database containing names, addresses and social security numbers of individuals employed at UNCW as of March 2014, which may include…