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Data collection on corporate websites is a litigation risk
Lawyers at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP write: Businesses continue to be subjected to a steady stream of consumer class action lawsuits alleging improper collection or disclosure of information from their websites. A variety of laws and legal claims are used to support the suits. Some lawsuits assert violation of laws that are not […]
ISPs Say 1996 Law Blocks FCC’s New Data Breach Rules
“Telecom companies told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Monday that new Federal Communications Commission data breach rules are too similar to ones nixed by Congress in 2017.” Broadband Breakfast reports: “Congress disapproved the FCC’s earlier 2016 Reporting Rule, and the FCC all but admits that the two rules are nearly identical. […]
Electronic payment firm Slim CD notifies 1.7M customers of data breach
Slim CD is a Florida-headquartered processing gateway that handles electronic payments, including credit card payments for US and Canadian based merchants. On or about June 15, 2024, it detected suspicious activity in its computer environment. SC Media reports that the firm, has notified nearly 1.7 million credit card holders that their data may have been […]
Avis car rental breach affected almost 300,000 customers
If you rented a car from Avis, you may be receiving a notification letter about an August data breach they experienced. Bleeping Computer explains: American car rental giant Avis notified customers that unknown attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole some of their personal information. According to data breach notification letters sent to […]
Another 947K patient records found to be hacked in MOVEit breach
More than a year after other victims of the MOVEit hacking incident notified people, the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying people whose protected health information was acquired by the Clop gang: The MOVEit data breach may be long in the rear-view mirror, but […]
Russian military officers accused of pre-invasion cyberattack on Ukraine
On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced it had unsealed an indictment alleging six Russian nationals with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and wire fraud conspiracy. Five of the defendants were officers in Unit 29155 of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. The […]
Data of 20 Iranian banks hacked in ‘worst-ever’ cyberattack, report confirms
Iran International reports: An Iranian entity paid hackers $3 million in ransom to dissuade them from releasing the data of over 20 hacked banks, Politico reported, confirming Iran International’s earlier report about the “biggest-ever” cyberattack on Iran’s banking system. Iran International reported on August 14 that the major cyberattack targeted several Iranian banks, leading to […]
The fingerpointing starts as cyber incident at London transport body continues
The first response to “What do we do when our business has been hacked?” should not include, “Figure out who we blame” — or thrown under public transportation in this case. The Register reports: The Transport for London (TfL) “cyber incident” is heading into its third day amid claims that a popular appliance might have […]