RT reports: A database of what appears to be some 5 million login and password pairs for Google accounts has been leaked to a Russian cyber security internet forum. It follows similar leaks of account data for popular Russian web services. The text file containing the alleged compromised accounts data was published late on Tuesday on the…
EA Firemonkeys Forum Hacked Last Year, Member Information Stolen – Report
What was temporary maintenance for the forum of EA Firemonkeys, an Australian studio, which resulted in it being taken down actually turned out to be a hacking incident where members’ information was stolen. This is according to a recent Reddit post which alleged that “information of over 40,000 members (including names, and email addresses) downloaded and stolen”…
Law Professors Ask California Supreme Court To Review Pharmaceutical Liability Case
Back in June, I noted an interesting case described by Evan Brown. PDX v. Hardin involves Section 230 immunity for a software provider whose software was used to produce truncated medication monographs that omitted drug warnings. The modification in their software had been made at their client’s (Safeway’s) request. It’s not the type of case I’d typically include on…
Advocate Health wins another dismissal of claims following theft of laptops
From the no-surprise-to-me dept.: Advocate Health, which had already succeeded in getting other potential class action claims dismissed, has now also succeeded in getting a claim that they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act dismissed. Plaintiffs, who generally attempt a variety of state and federal claims in breach lawsuits, had argued that by failing to adequately secure patient…
Tens of thousands of San Diego hotel guests may have had card information compromised
Back on September 2, I reported a breach involving 5 San Diego hotels owned by Bartell Hotels. In the past few days, mainstream media seems to have caught up with the story. Of note, the Times of San Diego reports that the breach may affect as many as 55,000 guests’ names and card information.
Home Depot breach might impact 60M
Nicole Perlroth reports: Home Depot confirmed on Monday that hackers had broken into its in-store payments systems, in what could be the largest known breach of a retail company’s computer network. The retailer said the exact number of customers affected was still not clear. But a person briefed on the investigation said the total number…