More on Genesco’s lawsuit over Visa’s fines following a data breach: Jeffrey Benzing reports that Genesco is arguing that Visa’s own internal documents show that they view breach fines as penalties and not compensatory. Genesco argues that the fines are therefore unenforceable under California law. Read more about their legal argument on Main Justice. Previous…
Category: U.S.
Thirteen men involved in Operation Payback indicted
Gil Aegerter reports: Thirteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous were indicted Thursday on conspiracy charges accusing them of coordinated cyberattacks on anti-piracy groups, government agencies, credit card companies and others, dubbed Operation Payback. The federal grand jury indictment, filed in federal court in Alexandria, Va., alleges that the 13 used distributed denial…
That was quick…
The Miami Herald reports that it took a federal jury less than one hour to convict a former Miami police officer who misused the D.A.V.I.D. driver’s license database to obtain identity information for a tax refund fraud scheme. Malinsky Bazile had been arrested in March.
Adobe warns 2.9 million customers of data breach after cyber-attack (Update5)
[Note: if you came to this site because you’re having trouble enrolling in Experian’s service with the Adobe activation code, jump to Update 5, below. Please do not simply post that the activation code didn’t work – tell us whether you tried Firefox if you were having problems with another browser.]. Adam Gabbatt reports that…
PayJunction notifies sales agents of breach
PayJunction is notifying sales agents that their names, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers may have been compromised by unauthorized access to a backup of an internal business system. In a letter sent to those affected, Randy Modos, President of PayJunction, writes that they learned in late September of the July breach. The letter…
IN: Telecom Company Being Investigated for Information Breach
An update on the TerraCom breach reported previously on this blog. Brandon Smith reports: The Attorney General’s office updated lawmakers Monday on a nearly five-month long investigation of telecommunications company TerraCom Incorporated. […] Tolliver says a lot of the information the state has obtained has come from the media outlet that first uncovered the breach…