Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the partial unsealing of an indictment charging Andi Jacques (41, Greenacres), Monika Shauntel Jenkins (33, Hollywood), Louis Noel Michel (28, Hollywood), Jeff Jordan Propht-Francisque (28, Pompano Beach), Dickenson Elan (39, Clearwater), Michael Jean Poix (31, West Palm Beach), Vladimyr Cherelus (33, Lauderdale Lakes), and Louisaint…
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FTC Brings Action Against Ed Tech Provider Chegg for Careless Security that Exposed Personal Data of Millions of Customers
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against education technology provider Chegg Inc. for its lax data security practices that exposed sensitive information about millions of its customers and employees, including Social Security numbers, email addresses and passwords. Chegg allegedly failed to fix problems with its data security despite experiencing four security breaches since 2017….
Bed Bath & Beyond reviewing possible data breach (UPDATED)
Reuters reports: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc said on Friday a third party had this month improperly accessed its data through a phishing scam by accessing the hard drive and certain shared drives of one of its employees. The big-box retailer said it was reviewing the data that was accessed so it can determine whether…
NY: Fulton data breach compromised personal data of thousands
Eddie Velazquez reports: The data breach discovered last November at Fulton City Police compromised the personal data of 28,282 people, according to a government data breach notice. Information breached as a result of what the city of Fulton calls a “data event” could include individuals’ name, Social Security numbers, identification numbers, and personal financial account…
NC: UCPS student information made vulnerable due to insufficient security protections by vendor, superintendent says
WBTV Web Staff and Nick Ochsner report: Private information of students at schools districts and charter schools across the state were left vulnerable by a software misconfiguration by a third-party vendor, Union County Public Schools Superintendent Andrew Houlihan told parents in a letter this week. According to the letter, the misconfiguration came after iLeadr, a company used…
Amazon accidentally exposed an internal server packed with Prime Video viewing habits
Zack Whittaker reports: It feels like every other day another tech startup is caught red-faced spilling reams of data across the internet because of a lapse in security. But even for technology giants like Amazon, it’s easy to make mistakes. Security researcher Anurag Sen found a database packed with Amazon Prime viewing habits stored on an internal Amazon server that…