If you’re going to hire a firm for SEO optimization or to help with negative reports about your firm, I hope you hire a good one. From my inbox (you may have to read it more than once to really get the full flavor): From: “Link Removal” <[email protected]> Subject: Action Required: Penalized Google Domain Date: Sun, November 16,…
Category: Theft
Bits ‘n pieces
Add Alliance Workplace Solutions to the too-long list of companies who have reported laptops with personal information stolen from an employee’s car. Anderson & Murison report that the names, addresses, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers of propsective insureds were exposed online between June 2014 and July 18th due to the installation of an additional firewall (ironic,…
UK: Staffordshire University stolen laptop had student contacts details
BBC reports: A laptop containing the personal details of 125,000 potential and current students at Staffordshire University has been stolen. A member of staff took the computer home where it was stolen from a car. The data included the address, telephone number and email details for applicants dating back to 2006. The university said the…
Coca-Cola sued over stolen laptops breach
Law360 reports that Coca-Cola was hit with a putative class action in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday over the stolen-and-recovered laptops breach disclosed in January. I’m not finding the complaint in PACER yet. Law360 may have it, but a subscription is required.
FL: Files stolen from Groveland city manager’s car after he left it unlocked in his driveway overnight
Daniel Dahm reports: A city vehicle assigned to the Groveland city manager was broken into and several items, including personnel files and paychecks were stolen, according to police. […] Jones said the SUV was parked in his driveway and left unlocked overnight. Read more on ClickOrlando. And what will be the consequences of this breach…
Lyft Accuses Former COO Of Stealing Confidential Documents Before Joining Uber
Ryan Lawler reports: On-demand rides startup Lyft is taking its former COO Travis VanderZanden to court for breach of his confidentiality agreement and fiduciary duty weeks after the executive joined arch-rival Uber. In a complaint filed this afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court, Lyft claims VanderZanden downloaded a number of non-public company documents to his personal Dropbox account…