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(update) Texas company lays out ‘hacking’ case against Minnesota Public Radio

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Dissent

David Brauer has more on Lookout Services’s allegations against a Minnesota Public Radio reporter, following a breach reported here previously. […] In a Dec. 11 report, [MPR reporter] Aslanian said she was able to see “employee names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and hire dates” on Lookout’s web site “without using a password or encryption…

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Will embattled state contractor try to get Minnesota Public Radio reporter thrown in jail?

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Dissent

David Brauer blogs: With a hat tip to MPR’s own Bob Collins, a state contractor on the sharp end of public radio reporting seems to be threatening charges against the journalists who exposed security breaches in a job-seeker database. MPR reporter Sasha Aslanian busted Texas-based Lookout Services Dec. 11 for leaving 500 names, dates of birth…

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Court Rejects Request to Consolidate TJX Hacker Cases

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Dissent

Kim Zetter of Threat Level reports that: A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected a request from U.S. attorneys to consolidate a New Jersey case against Albert Gonzalez, who has admitted hacking more than 120 million credit card numbers from Heartland Payment Systems, with two other cases against him in Massachusetts. […] The case was…

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Ca: Alberta health board cleared in records breach

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Dissent

Because we don’t have a privacy commissioner who actually — gasp — investigates breaches and issues findings, and all we have is HHS which doesn’t publish its findings and leaves us generally in the dark, this report out of Canada is especially interesting. The Alberta privacy commissioner’s office has found that the province’s health board…

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Judge dismisses shareholder lawsuit against Heartland (updated)

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Kaplan reports: A U.S. District Court judge in New Jersey has tossed out a class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders against Heartland Payment Systems, the credit card processor announced Wednesday. The judge granted Heartland’s motion to dismiss the action, which was filed in the wake of Heartland’s massive breach that was reported earlier this year,…

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Microsoft and Danger to blame for Sidekick data loss – lawsuit

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Dissent

Courthouse News has uploaded a copy of a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and Danger Inc. The complaint, filed by Terrence and Katie Teraszcka, Adam Beckelman, and Michael Guerrero in Cook County Court on November 17th, alleges that the defendants negligently failed to back up data before a network upgrade, resulting in Sidekick users losing…

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