Steven Musil reports: Restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro confirmed Thursday that customer data and debit card information was stolen in a data breach at its store locations. The Asian-themed restaurant chain, which announced earlier this week it was investigating a possible theft of customer data, offered few details of the intrusion but said in…
Calgary identity theft, mail theft investigation leads to charges against duo
Not as sexy, but never forget the risk from low-tech data theft. Jo Ann Lawrence reports: Garbage bags full of stolen mail along with bank statements, credit and debit cards found by Calgary Police in a southeast Calgary hotel room in May have resulted in dozens of charges against a Calgary duo. On May 12,…
U.S. indicts Romanian for crimes of hacker ‘Guccifer’
More bad news for “Guccifer,” the hacker who was arrested in Romania in January and sentenced last week to four years in jail. Reuters reports that he’s now been indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S.: Marcel Lazar Lehel, a former taxi driver, is already in a Romanian jail after being sentenced there…
Jersey City school district probing apparent data breach involving students’ personal info
Terrence T. McDonald reports: The Jersey City school district is investigating how a Sherman Avenue charter school obtained personal information about district students, data that parents believe the charter school used to mail the students and their parents registration forms last month. Schools Superintendent Marcia V. Lyles revealed some details of the investigation at a…
Plastic Surgeon’s “Before & After” Photos Violate NY Publicity Rights–Manzione v. Mashkevich
Eric Goldman writes: Dr. Grigoriy Mashkevich performed rhinoplasty on Catherine Manzione and took before-and-after photos of Manzione. Confusingly, Manzione apparently signed two seemingly inconsistent form consent agreements regarding the photos. One said: I do not want my photos to be used. I understand that these photos will be placed in my confidential records only. Another…
House Oversight notifies FTC of investigation into Tiversa and "less than accurate" information it provided in LabMD case (Update 1)
In a bit of a bombshell, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the FTC, a letter yesterday that provided some details of its investigation of Tiversa and the “less than accurate” and “incomplete” information its CEO, Robert Boback, provided in his testimony to the FTC in its case against LabMD….