Nate Rau reports: Metro government continues to mistakenly release the sensitive personal information of residents nearly three years after the Social Security numbers of 330,000 Nashville voters were put at risk. Five separate incidents across various city government offices since then have exposed Nashvillians to potential identity theft. The most recent mistake, which involved the…
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Tinos diners hit by credit card hackers, Heartland denies breach of its system
Claudia Grisales reports on the breach involving Tino’s Greek Cafe. In previous coverage elsewhere, Heartland Payment Systems had been named as the processor, but the processor denies any responsibility for this breach: “Recent reports of data theft at one Austin-area merchant clearly point to a localized intrusion initiated within the stores, either in their point-of-sale…
EMI v. Comerica: Court Finds Commercially Reasonable Security — Bank Loses Motion for Summary Judgment
David Navetta provides a legal analysis of the court’s denial of the bank’s motion for summary judgment in the case. An odd result — we know. We previously reported on the lawsuit filed by Experi-Metal, Inc. (“EMI”) and the subsequent motion for summary judgment (and briefs) filed by Comerica Bank to have the case dismissed….
NJ man indicted for wire fraud
A New Jersey man was indicted today in federal court with stealing $250,000 from two Massachusetts victims’ joint investment account by using a series of assumed identities. Bryan Wells, 26, was charged in an indictment with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He had been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging wire fraud on July…
Ben & Jerry’s security glitch exposes personal details
Claire Woffenden reports: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has apologised after an embarrassing security blunder exposed the names and addresses of more than 2,500 online customers. The mistake was discovered by Web User reader Julee de Jong after a simple search for her name on search engine Google. One of the top results for…
Destination Hotels & Resorts breach report raises an eyebrow
The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…