To follow up on a potential class-action lawsuit against POSitouch and its reseller, CC Productions , DataBreaches.net spoke with the founder of Brew HaHa!, one of the clients in the possible lawsuit. Brew HaHa! is a 10-store espresso chain in Delaware and Pennsylvania, and the breach has not been previously reported anywhere. Another client, who…
Ie: Mandatory reporting of security breaches on the way
John Kennedy reports: Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has unveiled a new draft Code of Practice that sets out the reporting obligations of organisations in the event of a security breach and how they go about protecting private data. The draft Code of Practice has been placed on the website of the Office of the Data…
Former U. Akron student pleads guilty to damaging systems, DDoS attacks
Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced Wednesday Mitchell L. Frost, age 23, of Bellevue, Ohio, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy A. Vecchiarelli and pleaded guilty to a two-count Information filed on May 14, 2010, which charged Frost with causing damage to a protected computer system and possessing…
Leader of ID theft ring sentenced to prison
Armon Leon Maiden, 61, of Inglewood, California, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison and four years of supervised release for Aggravated Identity Theft and Bank Fraud. Maiden led a bank fraud ring that traveled to Seattle in November 2008, to steal from individual bank accounts. At sentencing U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly said…
Flight school employee sentenced for debit card fraud
Troy Caleb Wood, 37, of Oregon City, Oregon, and formerly of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for access device fraud, the U. S. Attorney’s Office announced. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge also ordered Wood to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, and to pay…
Web photos of woman with HIV prompt lawsuit
Eric Frazier reports: An HIV-positive Union County woman let a drug company take pictures of her for an HIV patients’ magazine, but was shocked to later find the pictures and details about her situation had been published on the Internet – without her permission, she says. The woman filed suit in federal court in Charlotte…