Tom Webb reports: Target is asking a federal judge in St. Paul to dismiss a multibillion-dollar complaint filed by groups of banks stemming from last year’s massive data breach. The banks claim Target was negligent in its handling of shoppers’ credit and debit card information, which allowed hackers to steal sensitive information about some 100…
A file in the wrong place led to discovery of CSU-East Bay’s breach
Karina Ioffee provides additional details on the CSU – East Bay breach reported yesterday: The intrusion on August 23, 2013 by an unknown person using malicious software was discovered August 11 during a routine security check by the university’s technology department, said Jeff Bliss, a university spokesman. Bliss said university IT workers found that there…
Don’t value stolen computer only by its cover
There was an editorial in the Sun Sentinel on September 2 that caught my eye. It discussed the implications of a recent appellate court ruling: In a decision sure to confound the prosecution of thieves, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled last week in favor of a burglar. That a crime occurred wasn’t the…
More details start to emerge about Summit County Fair breach
Thanks to some solid reporting by David Burger, we now have some more details about the Summit County Fair data breach reported previously on this blog: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in investigating a security breach that resulted from a third-party vendor selling tickets to two events at…
CSU- East Bay discloses data breach that went undiscovered for one year
Dennis Culver reports: California State University officials said today the university’s East Bay information security team has discovered a breach in a web server used to store personal employee information. Officials said the security breach occurred on Aug. 23, 2013 and was discovered Aug. 11 of this year. The university learned through the subsequent investigation…
AL: Mobile County License Commission: claims filed
walakelliejones reports: Fox10 News has discovered an investigation is underway to find out whether or not Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie violated federal law by allegedly giving city residents’ personal information to a political campaign. Two Mobilians, Anitra Diamond and Lebarron Yates, have filed claims against Mobile County officials. In their claims, they state…