Erik Kain of Forbes has Blizzard’s response to the lawsuit mentioned previously on this blog. He seems to be as skeptical about the lawsuit’s chances of success as I am.
Category: Hack
Class Sues ‘World of Warcraft’ Publisher
Matt Reynolds reports: Publishers of “World of Warcraft” and other blockbuster video games make millions by “deceptively and unfairly” charging customers for an after-sale security product to protect their private information from hackers, a class action claims in Federal Court. Lead plaintiff Benjamin Bell sued Blizzard Entertainment, of Irvine, and its corporate parent, Santa Monica-based…
Hack attack: Pizza Hut loses customer information
Ben Grubb reports: Pizza Hut says hackers gained access to the personal information of its customers via its website. Users of the Whirlpool broadband forum and social news website Reddit first noticed the pizza maker’s website had been defaced on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday evening Pizza Hut general manager Graeme Houston issued a statement to technology websites ZDNet and Gizmodo confirming details…
The FTC Fires Back Against Wyndham
I continue to look for coverage of the FTC lawsuit against Wyndham, a topic I’ve covered in a number of blog posts. I’m glad to see that my uploading some of the court documents may have encouraged or facilitated discussion. Adam M. Veness of Mintz Levin discusses the FTC’s response to Wyndham’s motion to dismiss:…
Strategizing the lawsuit against South Carolina
While I was offline, the lawsuit(s?) apparently commenced against South Carolina over their monster data breach. According to Meg Kinnard of Associated Press, however, plaintiffs might receive only a matter of pennies, as the state limits/caps how much a state agency can pay out for a breach, and that cap is $600,000. It may…
Some updates on the South Carolina Dept. of Revenue breach
Some updates while I was offline due to Hurricane Sandy. Well, I’m still without power, and our street is still impassable and yet another storm is due in two days, but thankfully the library is open and I can keep warm here for a bit each day… From the I-was-waiting-for-this dept.: Security experts blew raspberries…