Jeff John Roberts reports: Home Depot has taken another step to move on from its colossal 2014 data breach, which involved hackers stealing email or credit card information from more than 50 million customers by infiltrating self check-out terminals. In a new settlement with dozens of banks, the retailer has agreed to pay $25 million for damages they incurred…
Stolen personal information found at home of Turlock woman
ModBee reports: Turlock Police found stolen property belonging to dozens of victims when they conducted a probation search on Tuesday at the home of a woman who last month was arrested on suspicion of breaking into a mailbox. Detectives, along with Community Outreach Response and Engagement officers and Stanislaus County probation officers, searched the home of 33-year-old…
NV: Personal info found in files dumped on sidewalk
Tom George A large bag with files including names, addresses, and social security numbers was found left in a bag on a sidewalk near Charleston and Eastern. Our 13 Action News morning crew was in the area working on a home invasion story, when they noticed a large black trash bag left on the sidewalk…
Law Firm Sued for Alleged Lax Data Security Avoids Class Action
Derek Borchardt and Michael F. Buchanan have an update on litigation previously noted on this site. At its heart, a lawsuit claimed a Chicago law firm, Johnson & Bell, had inadequate data security. There was no allegation of any actual breach – the suit was over inadequate data security. Back in December of last year, we reported that for the…
Dutch detectives unravel 3.6 million encrypted emails sent by criminals
DutchNews.nl reports: Dutch detectives have gained access to 3.6 million encrypted emails sent by criminal gangs which will be used in dozens of prosecutions, the public prosecution department said on Thursday. The information in the mails will provide evidence for criminal cases, including murder, armed robbery, drugs, money laundering and other forms of organised crime,…
Study: Healthcare Organizations Are Top Targets for Hackers – 68% Have Compromised Email Credentials
Presser, but has some interesting findings: Evolve IP, The Cloud Services Company™, today released the results of a study of Dark Web email vulnerabilities in the healthcare industry. The research, conducted in a collaboration between Evolve IP and ID Agent, reveals the pervasive nature of email-based cybersecurity attacks and sheds light on the quantity, variety, sources…