Bogdan Botezatu reports: A massive numbers of Prodigy subscribers in Mexico have had their email conversations exposed overnight because of a security flaw in the company’s mobile e-mail and web-based mail systems. According to a news report by El Economista, the flaw allowed search engines to simply index private conversations and list them on the…
Category: Of Note
5 hackers charged in largest data breach scheme in U.S. (updated)
David Voreacos reports: Four Russians and a Ukrainian were charged for their role in the largest hacking and data breach scheme in U.S. history, according to Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney in New Jersey. The five conspired in a “worldwide scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole more than 160 million credit card numbers and resulted…
Federal judge allows organizations to file amicus briefs concerning Wyndham’s motion to dismiss FTC lawsuit
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A federal court judge in New Jersey on Wednesday agreed to allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations to seek the dismissal of a closely watched data breach lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Read more on Computerworld. I’ve previously uploaded and covered some…
Resource: State by state data breach notification laws
Perkins Coie has compiled an updated resource (141 pages) of state data breach notification laws:
Vendini breach update
As I’ve noted before, the Vendini breach, reported previously on this blog, appears to fairly large, but has generally flown under national mainstream media attention. Instead, I see bits and pieces in local media or on organizations’ web sites as entities report that their patrons or members were affected (cf, reports involving Purple Rose Theatre,…
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Releases Report on Data Breaches Reported to State in 2012
I love it when states publicly post the data breach notifications they receive, but California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris just raised the bar for other states by actually analyzing and reporting on the breaches involving California residents. From California’s Attorney her press release: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the first report detailing the…