John E. Dunn reports: A small US law firm has bravely admitted losing its entire cache of legal documents to the Cryptolocker Trojan despite attempting to pay the $300 (£180) ransom in a bid to have them unscrambled. According to TV reports, Goodson’s law firm in the North Carolina state capital Charlotte [The Law Offices of Paul M. Goodson, P.C.] became the…
Category: U.S.
South Floridian Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme
Robinson Calixte, 22, of Miami, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham o 47 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for identity theft. On September 13, 2013, Calixte was charged in a five count indictment for identity theft in connection with his unauthorized possession of at least fifteen social…
Weather Shield employees continue to experience difficulties with IRS after data theft 3 years ago
Since April 2011, this blog has covered the continuing – and concerning – saga of Weather Shield employees who became victims of ID theft and who continue to have problems filing their tax returns, year after year. And now it’s happening again. I thought the IRS was supposedly getting its act together on helping victims of…
Target’s “Second-Rate” Fix for Hacking Victims May Leave Customers Vulnerable
Dana Liebelson discusses a concern that has been raised here and elsewhere – that Target negotiated a credit-monitoring deal with Experian that only includes Experian’s own database and not the Equifax and TransUnion databases as well. Read her report on Mother Jones.
Wyndham submits new data security and breach bills to support motion to dismiss FTC complaint
Will Judge Ester Salas ever get to rule in FTC v. Wyndham? I had hoped the court would issue a ruling on Wyndham’s motion to dismiss shortly after the November oral argument on the motion, but here we are three months later, and both sides are still introducing supplemental authorities to bolster their respective positions….
Traffic stop uncovers stolen personal information of hundreds of people
Call it a “hunch,” but I wouldn’t be surprised if this breach might belong on PHIprivacy.net. Associated Press reports: Authorities have recovered hundreds of pages of stolen personal information after pulling over a vehicle going 111 mph in a 65 mph zone near Farson in southwestern Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says a trooper pulled the…