Sven defendants who illegally obtained personal banking information from patrons visiting Chicago area restaurants and attractions, including Wrigley Field and the Magnificent Mile’s RL Restaurant were sentenced today. Defendants Joseph Woods, Britain E. Woods, Alex Houston, Jenette Farrar, Essence S. Houston, Kenyetta Davis and William Washington pled guilty and were sentenced for “skimming” personal banking…
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Data Breach Class Actions Can’t Survive Certification Without Expert Testimony on Classwide Damages
James (Jim) R. McCullagh and Amelia M. Gerlicher of Perkins Cole recap the status and issues in a class action lawsuit against Hannaford Bros: This is the latest opinion in the ongoing litigation arising out of a massive data breach suffered by Hannaford Bros. grocery stores. In re Hannaford Bros. Privacy Litigation, __F. Supp. 2d __,…
State National Insurance claims no responsibility to pay for Global Payments’ breach costs
Global Payments may have gotten some welcome news when a class action lawsuit against was dismissed last month (Willingham v. Global Payments), and they may have concluded its investigation of the breach they disclosed in March 2012, but they’re not done with problems from the breach, it seems. Law360 reports: Global Payments Inc.’s excess insurer State…
Sacred Art Tattoo in Flat Rock admits tossing sensitive documents
I had no idea that tattoo parlors have to collect and retain so much personal information, did you? Maurielle Lue reports on a breach involving Sacred Art Tattoo in Flat Rock, Michigan: Fox 2 found company documents containing client’s personal information, including birth certificates, drivers licenses, social security numbers and credit card information. We talked…
Two Miami Men Convicted In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Over 1,000 Victims
Earnest Baldwin, 36 of Miami, and Earl Baldwin, 42 of Miami were convicted on April 10 for their participation in a tax refund scheme using stolen identities. They had been charged in October 2012. According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, the defendants were involved in an identity theft tax fraud scheme that operated from…
NYSEG online hiring site hacked; customers not affected
Two utilities-related breach reports on the same day? Unusual… Iberdrola USA said Tuesday its recruitment Internet site was hacked that is used for recruitment and hiring by candidates for New York State Electric and Gas. The company confirmed last week that an individual gained unauthorized access to the site that is also used for recruitment…