Bruno writes: A bank employee in Scotland stole £75,000 from bank customers after involving himself with a crime gang from a dark web forum. Dayne Lynn, a 22-year-old from North Ayrshire, became interested in the dark web after watching a Netflix documentary, presumably Dark Net. He decided to see with his own eyes if what…
Tinder’s co-founder sued by IAC for data theft
Naomi Lambert reports: Match Group Inc, an online dating company, along with its parent company IAC/InterActive Corp has filed a lawsuit against Sean Rad who is one of the founders of Tinder, a popular dating service of Match Group. Filed in New York state court in Manhattan late on Tuesday, the lawsuit alleged Rad of…
Valley Hope Association notifies patients after employee email hack
Note: VHA’s notice on their web site emphasizes that no diagnostic or treatment information was exposed. Given the nature of this provider, that will be a relief to many patients. Because this incident is not yet posted on HHS’s public breach tool, we do not yet have the number being notified. The following is VHA’s…
PH: Cebuana Lhuillier reveals data breach, tells clients to secure accounts
Katrina Domingo reports: Cebuana Lhuillier on Saturday said one of its servers fell victim to data breach incidents that may have compromised personal information of its customers. Among the data that may have been “exposed” were clients’ names, birth dates, email addresses, mobile numbers and in some cases, income information, Cebuana Lhuillier told its clients…
Facebook may face record-setting fine for privacy breach
The Washington Post reports: U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users’ personal data, according to three people familiar with the deliberations but not authorized to speak on the record. The fine under consideration at…
Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security
Katelyn Sweeney reports: As data becomes integral to K–12 education, administrators face new challenges to ensure they keep students’ information safe. Analysis of student data allows educators to identify at-risk students and implement further research into what does and does not work in the classroom. This data can also be used to create student profiles,…