Well, a lot of erudite lawyers saw this one coming, but it’s still disappointing that Vermont’s data-mining law has been struck down. Howard Bashman announced the bad news: Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., No. 10-779. Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg and Kagan joined. You…
Ukraine says breaks up global hacker ring, banks targeted
Olzhas Auyezov reports: Ukraine’s state security service on Thursday said it had broken up an international hacking ring that infiltrated foreign banks’ computer networks and stole $72 million. The hacker group, organised and led by Ukrainians, used a computer virus to access bank accounts abroad, the SBU security agency said. Read more from Reuters Canada.
Travelodge hacked, investigating
John Oates reports: Travelodge is investigating its IT systems to discover how customer email addresses have gone astray. The Reg was contacted this morning by a reader who was receiving spam emails to a unique email address he had only given to Travelodge. Several other customers have blogged of similar experiences, here’s Shepy’s post on the apparent…
Man infects college PCs to steal huge database
Dan Goodin reports: A former college student has admitted taking part in a criminal scheme that used malware to steal and sell large databases of faculty and alumni, change grades, and siphon funds from other students’ accounts. Daniel J. Fowler, 21, of Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court there to computer hacking conspiracy…
UK banks unaffected by European data breach crackdown
Karl Finders reports: A crackdown on businesses which will make it mandatory to report security breaches will have little impact on UK banks, according to the British Bankers Association (BBA). Speaking at the BBA’s Data Protection and Privacy Conference, Viviane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission, said new rules will be implemented in Europe forcing businesses to…
(update) DI debit/credit card breach thwarted
More on the card fraud reports coming out of Daniel Island mentioned previously on this blog. Elizabeth Bush reports: The Daniel Island business that served as the “point of compromise” in a rash of debit/credit card fraud cases has taken steps to shut down the breach, according to an investigator with the Charleston office of…