John Glenday reports: Wearable devices and consumer technology specialist Jawbone has launched legal action against rivals Fitbit after accusing its competitor of poaching as many as 15 staff members who copied intellectual property and trade data onto USB sticks as they left. The lawsuit names five former employees who are thought to have been directly…
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Ca: City of Oshawa reports privacy breach after 1,000 recreation user e-mail addresses released
Oshawa This Week reports: Oshawa officials are reporting a privacy breach in the recreation and culture department after a list of e-mail addresses was accidentally released. The breach affects people who authorized the City to contact them and also participated in a 2015 fitness program or registered for aquatics such as swim lessons in 2015….
Skimmers Found at Two Bank of Colorado Branches
Police are hoping that citizens can help catch some men suspected of attaching credit card ‘skimmer’ devices at local banks….. The devices have been discovered on ATM machines at both branches of Bank of Colorado in Grand Junction. Read more on WesternSlopeNow.com.
CNN sources: IRS believes massive data theft originated in Russia
Chris Frates reports: The IRS believes that a major cyber breach that allowed criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, two sources briefed on the data theft tell CNN. Read more on CNN. If you bet Russia, drink. If you bet China or North Korea, just be patient,…
Medical Management LLC breach added to HHS breach tool
Quick update: The Medical Management LLC breach that affected patients at 40 of its clients has been added to HHS’s public breach tool. MML, which is headquartered in North Carolina, reported that 20,512 patients were affected or notified.
Thousands of people’s stolen credit card info found on suspect’s computers
Peter Surowski reports: A San Bernardino man who investigators say had thousands of people’s credit card information on his computers has been arrested. Serob Frenkyan, 42, was arrested on Thursday, May 21, on suspicion of identity theft, credit card fraud and being a felon with a gun, jail records show. Read more on The Press Enterprise.