Sarah Sutschek reports on another interesting case to follow in the courts: About two years after losing more than $300,000 when its computer system was hacked, Crystal Lake District 47 is suing Home State Bank. The lawsuit, filed in McHenry County, seeks $306,014 and “whatever other relief this court deems appropriate.” According to the lawsuit,…
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(Update) Yellowstone County website hack did expose personal information
The Laurel Outlook reports: Yellowstone County officials confirmed Tuesday that a security breach of the county website may have exposed account information. According to release issued Tuesday by the Yellowstone County Commission, investigators have discovered that the motor vehicle electronic payment account information may have been exposed when a hacker penetrated the system on July…
WA: Social Security Numbers of 20,000 Swedish Med. Ctr. employees exposed on the web for 9 weeks
Carol M. Ostrom reports: Swedish Medical Center is alerting nearly 20,000 current and former employees that their personal information — including Social Security numbers — was accidentally made accessible on the Internet for a nine-week period. Read more on Seattle Times. A notice to employees, on an internal page of the medical center’s web site reads: July 20,…
Yet Another Bank Sued By A Small Business For Fraudulent Hacker Transfers
Ericka Chickowski reports: A new court case brought to bear against Professional Business Bank by Village View Escrow Inc. continued the battle waged over who’s to blame for hacking attacks that leave small business accounts drained following online password theft. Filed in late June in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles, the case is…
New ACH Fraud Suit Filed
Tracey Kitten reports: A March 2010 incident of corporate account takeover has led to yet another legal dispute between a commercial customer and its former bank. [See the complaint.] California-based Village View Escrow Inc. on June 27 filed a complaint with the California Superior Court, Los Angeles, against Professional Business Bank, claiming the bank is liable for the $465,000 financial…
Settlement of yet another lawsuit against WellPoint /Anthem Blue Cross gets preliminary approval
If you feel like you need a scorecard to keep track of lawsuits against WellPoint or settlements involving WellPoint, it’s understandable. WellPoint recently settled a lawsuit by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office over delayed notification following a breach that occurred in 2009 and continued until after a customer notified them twice in 2010. Then they settled…