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CORRECTION and removal of article

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Dissent

Yesterday, this site posted a news report by Jon Seidel of the Chicago Sun-Times that reported that NullCrew member Timothy French had been taken into custody to await trial for allegedly violating the terms of his bond. The news report seemed identical to another report months earlier, but the federal court docket showed that there…

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Lifelock reaches tentative settlement with FTC to the tune of almost $100 million

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Dissent

Remember when FTC went after Lifelock for failure to comply with an earlier consent order?  And remember when I quoted Lifelock’s 10-Q SEC filing that mentioned the issue but reported: As a result of those discussions, we have accrued $20,000 as of December 31, 2014 for a possible settlement with the FTC. The ultimate resolution of the matter could result…

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Breaches, traders, plain text passwords, ethical disclosure and 000webhost

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Dissent

Troy Hunt writes: It’s a bit hard to even know where to begin with this one, perhaps at the start and then I’ll try and piece all the bits together as best I can. As you may already know if you’re familiar with this blog, I run the service Have I been pwned? (HIBP) which…

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UK: ICO confirms issue of data breach compensation a matter for consumers to pursue with companies or via the courts

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Dissent

From Out-Law.com: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK cannot force companies to pay compensation to consumers affected by a data breach, the watchdog has confirmed. On Monday, the UK’s culture minister Ed Vaizey told MPs in the House of Commons that it would be “a matter for the Information Commissioner’s Office and TalkTalk to decide…

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Target Court Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege in Cyber Investigations

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Dissent

Stuart Altman and Michelle Kisloff write: In a decision issued late last Friday, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota rejected an effort by class action Plaintiffs to access materials created in the course of Target’s investigation of its 2013 payment card breach that Target claimed were protected by the attorney-client privilege and…

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UK: Thousands of Morrisons employees to sue bosses over huge data breach

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Dissent

It’s unusual to see a data breach lawsuit in the U.K., so this one will be one to watch. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that approximately 2,000 employees are suing supermarket chain Morrisons over an insider data breach that involved the theft and posting online of the financial and personal details of 99,998 fellow employees by a…

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