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LinkedIn Seeks Dismissal Of Data-Breach Lawsuit

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Dissent

Wendy Davis reports that LinkedIn is second dismissal of Khalilah Wright’s second amended complaint stemming from a breach affecting over 6 million users. LinkedIn says that the consumer, Virginia resident Khalilah Wright, still hasn’t set out sufficient allegations to proceed with their lawsuit, which alleges that the company didn’t use basic encryption techniques to secure…

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GSA responds to FOI request

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Dissent

On March 17, I noted that the General Services Administration (GSA) had disclosed a vulnerability in the System for Award Management (SAM), which could allow some  existing users in the system to view certain registration information of other users. The data contained identifying information including names, taxpayer identification numbers (TINs), marketing partner information numbers and bank…

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NY: Town of Brookhaven data breach ‘was clerical error,’ officials say

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Deon J. Hampton reports: Brookhaven Supervisor Edward P. Romaine on Thursday handed off an investigation into the inadvertent online posting of personal information to the town’s law department — the same unit that made the mistake. […] Town officials did not release the name of the employee who mistakenly made public the Social Security numbers…

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NYS DMV clerk charged with illegal search of DMV records

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dissent

New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced today that a Seneca County clerk has been charged with illegally accessing the computer records of a local motorist. Patricia I. Bourne, a 56-year-old License Clerk from Waterloo, was charged with 11 felony counts of Computer Trespass and one misdemeanor count of Official Misconduct for repeatedly…

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Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi to notify customers of security breach

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dissent

So it seems Anasazi Hotel LLC had a server compromise that began on June 18, 2012, but they didn’t find out until they were notified by their card processor on March 21, 2013. Now, almost a year after the breach began, they will first be sending out letters to those who stayed at the Rosewood…

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California agencies’ clients vulnerable to ID theft

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Dissent

Shoshana Walter of The Center for Investigative Reporting has a piece on state agency data breaches, here.

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