William Dotinga reports: Adobe will face the bulk of a class action stemming from “shoddy security protocols” that led to a massive data breach, a federal judge ruled Thursday. After hackers stole the credit card and log-in data of 38 million people from Adobe’s systems last year, consumers behind the sprawling consolidated action faulted Adobe for ignoring…
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JPMorgan Hack Said to Span Months Via Multiple Flaws
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley report: Hackers burrowed into the databanks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and deftly dodged one of the world’s largest arrays of sophisticated detection systems for months. The attack, an outline of which was provided by two people familiar with the firm’s investigation, started in June at the digital equivalent…
FBI investigating hacking attack on JPMorgan
The more that comes out, the worse this sounds. Now it’s seven banks and it sounds like the hackers were able to burrow in deep. Matt Egan, Jose Pagliery and Evan Perez report: The FBI is investigating hacking attacks on 7 of the top 15 banks, including one against JPMorgan Chase, according to someone with…
Racing Post pulls up short on IT security
From the Information Commissioner’s Office, an update and more details on the Racing Post breach: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is warning businesses that they must be prepared for a targeted attack. The warning comes as the Racing Post signs a commitment to improve its IT security practices after 677,335 accounts were compromised during a…
Federal police mistakenly publish metadata from criminal investigations
Paul Farrell reports: The Australian federal police mistakenly published highly sensitive information – including metadata – connected to criminal investigations, in a serious breach of operational security. Guardian Australia can reveal that the AFP provided documents to the Senate, which were then made publicly available online on parliamentary sites and other sources for several years,…
Germany Issues Revised Draft Cybersecurity Law
Hunton & Williams write: On August 19, 2014, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior published a revised draft cybersecurity law (the “Draft Law”). An earlier version of the law was published in March 2013. The Draft Law is intended to serve as a cornerstone of Germany’s recently-announced digital agenda. “Critical Infrastructure” and Security Requirements The…