I posted something on this decision earlier today, but David Navetta has such a helpful analysis of the ruling that I wanted to mention it here. His commentary begins: In a significant development that could materially increase the liability risk associated with payment card security breaches (and personal data security breaches, in general), the U.S. Court…
Ca: Elections binders lost with voters names, addresses
The lost voter registration binder reported by Elections Alberta was not the only binder lost, it seems. Trish Audette provides the update: Personal information about 453 eligible voters in Edmonton-Strathcona has been lost after an Elections Alberta enumerator misplaced a binder containing the residents’ names and addresses. “She left it on the front porch ……
Judge Orders Injunction On Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Law
David Taintor reports: A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered an injunction on a Florida law requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving state benefits. An ACLU lawsuit filed in September claimed the Florida law violates the Fourth Amendment by requiring welfare applicants to submit to a “suspicionless” drug test. The suit was filed on behalf…
Anonymous tipster claims Internet security breach at Pan American Games
Lori Ewing reports: Journalists covering the Pan American Games, including about two dozen Canadians, could be at risk of identity theft or fraud. Personal information about the media is accessible through the Games website, according to an anonymous tipster who emailed reporters Monday. The tipster, identified by the pseudonym Galileo Trueman, emailed reporters claiming he…
Leak of Emory patient records could affect thousands
David Ibata reports on a breach that I covered on DataBreaches.net with a follow-up. In today’s developments, we learn that the breach also affected a healthcare entity: Nine Emory Healthcare patients have become victims of identity theft in a case that could affect the records of as many as 7,000 people, Channel 2 Action News reported…
T34MP0NY kathmandu.gov.np Costume Party
T34MP0NY a newer group of hackers, has submitted an Image on https://www.kathmandu.gov.np/index.php?cid=46&pr_id=17 Asking for people to tweet them there Costume’s for Halloween The Hacker "M!MIC" Infiltrated the admin account and added that article. So Tweet them your Costume and You may get something Juicy :3 A mirror of the image is here https://i.imgur.com/Udwd3.png