Olivia Siong reports: Alleged “Messiah” hacker James Raj Arokiasamy was handed an additional 105 charges in court on Monday (Aug 25). This includes charges for securing unauthorised access into the Fuji Xerox webserver between Mar 1 and 24 last year. He is also accused of hacking into and making unauthorised modifications to a fan site…
UK: Customer data loss soars at financial firms
Tessa Norman reports: The number of customer data loss incidents reported to the FCA [Financial Conduct Authority] has increased significantly in the past year. A Freedom of Information request published by the FCA shows that in 2013, the regulator was notified of 13 incidents where firms have lost customer data or had it stolen. Some…
KR: KT ordered to pay 100,000 won each to data-leak victims
Yonhap News reports: South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. was ordered by a local district court Friday to pay 100,000 won (US$97) in compensation to each customer who had personal data leaked in 2012. The Seoul Central District Court’s ruling came after some 28,000 KT users filed a lawsuit against the mobile carrier for…
Medical Records of 6,000-Plus Patients Taken From Oceanside Hospital (update2)
Aleksandra Kostantinovic reports that an employee clearing out his belongs accidentally loaded patient records into his car, but contacted the hospital immediately when he realized what had happened: The hospital records of approximately 6,500 patients were removed without authorization from the premises of Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside on Aug. 8, the hospital announced. A…
And back at LabMD v. FTC…
There’s been a somewhat interesting development in LabMD’s lawsuit against the FTC in the Georgia federal courts. If I understand that case, LabMD has tried twice – and failed twice – to get the court to consider their complaint, with the courts dismissing their complaints because they were not ripe for review until the administrative…
Meanwhile, back at FTC v. LabMD
For those of you trying to keep up with developments in the case, here’s the latest one: In response to a motion by the FTC to compel LabMD to file for immunity for Rick Wallace (a former Tiversa employee) under Rule 3.39, Chief Administrative Law Judge Chappell granted in part, and denied in part. LabMD had previously indicated…