This is where lawyers earn their keep: Target Corp. urged a Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday to toss a consolidated class action over the company’s massive data breach, arguing that the bank plaintiffs cannot claim negligence because they do not have a direct relationship with Target. Target argues that under state law, merchants aren’t liable…
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Update: Nearly All U.S. Home Depot Stores Hit – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: New data gathered from the cybercrime underground suggests that the apparent credit and debit card breach at Home Depot involves nearly all of the company’s stores across the nation. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com.
CA Department of Social Services files with identity info accidentally disposed of without shredding
From the California Health & Human Services Agency Department of Social Services: We are writing to inform you of a security incident involving your personal information. On July 17, 2014, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) was informed of the unauthorized release of documentation that may have included your personal information. Confidential documents were accidentally…
Banks: Credit Card Breach at Home Depot – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this morning in the cybercrime underground. Home Depot says that it is working with banks and law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of suspicious…
OH: Forest Hills data security breach roils parents
Ally Marotti and Bowdeya Tweh report: The Forest Hills School District had a computer security breach earlier this month, where information on all of the district’s more than 9,000 students was accidentally sent to most district parents. District officials Friday told parents about the breach that included student identification numbers, home addresses and parent email…
Cybersecurity specialist at Scott Air Force Base commits suicide after FBI seizes his personal computers; “I am a good person at heart, even if I let my (curiosity) get the better of me”
Beth Hundsdorfer reports: A Mascoutah man stationed at Scott Air Force Base and hired to ensure the security of Department of Defense computers was being investigated for hacking before he took his own life, according to recently unsealed federal court records. FBI Agent Christopher Trifiletti showed up to question Jamie Magers, 33, who worked as…