Ever wonder what your doctors are saying about you while you’re knocked out under anesthesia? One patient found out after he accidentally left his cellphone in record mode during a colonoscopy. Now he’s suing.
Another lawsuit filed against Maricopa County Community College District over massive breach
Jamie Ross of Courthouse News reports that another lawsuit has been filed against Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) following a data breach it disclosed in November 2013 (search MCCCD for all previous coverage on this blog). This latest lawsuit was reportedly filed by Jason Liebich, a current student at Phoenix College. It was filed in…
Court Ventures/U.S. InfoSearch/Experian breach resulted in ID theft – Krebs
Brian Kreb presents some evidence that the breach involving Court Ventures/U.S. InfoSearch/Experian* (discussed elsewhere on this blog) did result in harm to individuals, depite an Experian executive telling Congress in December 2013 that there had been no reports of harm from the breach. Of course, it never made any sense to any of us that…
University of Virginia, Spokeo, Indiana among eight more sites hacked by NullCrew (update1)
Students and employees of the University of Virginia (UVa) may be scratching their heads today and wondering what UVa can or will do to secure its servers better. The university, which was hacked in 2012 by @AnonAntidote and again in 2013 by a former UVa student known as @R00tTh3B0x, has reportedly been hacked yet again –…
FL: Lauderhill man gets five years in ID theft, tax fraud scheme
There’s another update to a case noted previously on this blog. Wayne Roustan reports: Andrew Ware, 27, got nearly six years in prison Friday, followed by three years probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, prosecutors said. He was part…
UK lender has action taken against it following data theft
In the wake of a breach involving client data, reported on this blog in December, Standard Chartered PLC made some some changes. Kroll Ontrack reports … the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) revealed it has taken “appropriate supervisory actions” against the firm over the data theft of some of its private-banking clients’ bank statements. A total…