Doug Olenick reports: In a post-Valentine’s Day attack the e-commerce site of 1-800-FLOWERS was accessed by an unauthorized person for more than a day during which time about 7,000 customers placing orders on the site may have had their personal and payment information compromised. The online flower retailer said in a letter to the California Department of…
Hackers Claim Breach Of Ku Klux Klan’s Security Company, Staminus (update2)
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: A website run by the Ku Klux Klan has been downed as part of what appears to be a significant breach of its host and security provider Staminus. The company, which promises to protect users from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, was exposed by a crew going by the name of FTA,…
Plaintiffs Use Privacy Pledge Against Insurer in Data Breach Claim
Armeen Mistry and Matthew Siegel of Cozen O’Connor write about a lawsuit over a data breach in 2014 that I don’t remember ever hearing about before. Whether plaintiffs will be able to show injury is down the road. For now, they survived a motion to dismiss: On February 23, an Illinois federal court denied a motion to dismiss a…
MI: Network security breach reported in West Bloomfield School District, student info exposed
WXYZ reports: West Bloomfield School District officials sent an email to parents saying a security breach to their network exposed certain student information. Read more on WXYZ. There’s no statement yet as to whether this might be an inside breach by a student or anything.
Ca: Patients notified after insider breach at Eastern Health
Tara Bradbury reports: With her daughter undergoing chemotherapy treatments for cancer, it’s understandable that Holly Denine’s heart jumps up in her throat every time her phone rings and a 777 number appears. Thursday morning, it happened — but it wasn’t bad news about the health of six-year-old Nevaeh. Eastern Health managers were calling to let…
Data Breach Notification: Islamic State Human Resources & Recruiting
Steve Ragan helps out Daesh by creating a data breach notification letter for them to use in the wake of an insider breach that resulted in info on 22,000 Jihadis being in the hands of Sky News (and now governments): Data Breach Notification: Islamic State Human Resources & Recruiting Enjoy.