Tal Kopan reports: FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack. Even the unprecedented decision to release details of an ongoing FBI investigation…
GA: Resident charged with 116 counts of ID fraud
Ben Nelms reports: A Tyrone woman has been charged with 116 counts of financial identity fraud after selling the personal information of members of Georgia National Guard unit where she was employed. Tierney A. Walker, 22, of Village Green Circle, was charged with 116 counts of financial identity fraud, according to Fayette County Sheriff Barry…
Lokai Holdings notifies customers of payment card breach
Lokai Holdings is notifying customers who made purchases on mylokai.com between July 18, 2014 and October 28, 2014 that their payment card information (name, address, payment card number, expiration date, verification code, and the user name and password for customer accounts) may have been compromised. You can read their template notification here. The metadata for the breach that they submitted to…
Yet another California entity notifies patients of a laptop stolen from a car. #SHEESH
Oh, for pity’s sake (you can substitute more colorful language if you are so inclined). DJO Global has sent out a notification about the theft of a backpack from a DJO consultant’s car on November 7 in Roseville, Minnesota. The backpack contained a laptop computer that had password protection (but not any encryption). For some…
Australians may forgo online mental health help under new metadata laws
Ben Westcott reports: Innovative Australian online mental health providers could be deserted by clients under the government’s controversial new metadata laws. One of the developers of a widely used Canberra-based online mental health program said the new policy would affect the site’s ability to provide anonymity and freedom from stigma. But the Attorney-General’s Department said…
Judge disciplined for use of position to breach privacy
Jason Pan reports: A New Taipei City District Court judge has been disciplined by the Judicial Yuan’s Judge Evaluation Committee (JEC) in a recent probe. The committee ruled that judge Lin Yen-peng (林晏鵬) had abused his position to infringe on someone’s privacy by conducting searches into confidential judiciary files, arising from traffic litigation case three…