Michael Beder writes: A Seventh Circuit panel that allowed a data breach suit against Neiman Marcus to proceed misapplied the Supreme Court’s precedents on standing and, “if allowed to stand, will impose wasteful litigation burdens on retailers and the federal courts,” the retailer argues in a petition filed yesterday asking the full Seventh Circuit to rehear the…
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Set to Consider Scope of Employer Liability for Employee Data Breaches
Breton Leone-Quick writes: … The legal liability of employers for data breaches by its employees is generally an underdeveloped area of the law. But a case currently pending before the Massachusetts Appeals Court will help determine the scope of this liability in Massachusetts. In the Superior Court case, Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., No. MICV2013-01322-D (Mass….
New details emerge on Siouxland Pain Clinic breach (updated)
On August 1, I noted some media reports about a breach at the Siouxland Pain Clinic. As I mentioned, the reports raised more questions than they answered. Mike Bell of the Sioux City Journal now has a few more details: Siouxland Pain Clinic sent letters Friday to more than 13,000 patients that their medical and…
Trade groups send letter with data security priorities to Senate
Seen on NACS: Last Friday, NACS and a group including eight other trade associations sent a letter to every U.S. Senator articulating the priorities of the associations in the context of data breach or data security legislation. The Senate has indicated that it might consider cybersecurity information-sharing legislation on the floor this coming week and if so,…
Former DOD Contractor/Sysadmin Sentenced for Accessing and Removing Classified Information from Military Computers (updated)
Christopher R. Glenn, 34, a South Florida Resident, was sentenced on July 31, 2015, to 120 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra of the Southern District of Florida following his guilty plea for willful retention of classified national defense information under the…
Daniel Placek to plead guilty for role in creating Darkode
Cary Spivak and Lucas Daprile report: A computer owned by Daniel Placek — a suburban Milwaukee man who helped create an international malware marketplace — contained 74,190 credit card numbers and 297 bank account numbers when it was seized during an FBI raid in 2010, documents filed in federal court Friday state. The information is contained in…