Bloomberg Law reports: More than 100 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy of the Catholic Church asked a Connecticut federal judge for final approval of their $6.5 million settlement with a bankruptcy services firm that mistakenly revealed their identities online. Epiq Corporate Restructuring LLC would pay at least 128 individuals cash payments of $50,000 under […]
InfoTechLead reports that Accenture said on Thursday that the US Justice Department is investigating its unit, Accenture Federal Services, over allegations that one or more employees gave inaccurate information concerning the unit’s compliance with federal security controls. The disclosure was made in an SEC filing: After Accenture Federal Services (“AFS”) made a voluntary disclosure to the U.S. […]
PA Media reports that Equifax UK was fined over a breach at the firm’s U.S. owner, Equifax, Inc. The UK’s financial watchdog has fined Equifax £11 million for its role in one of the largest cyber attacks, which affected more than 13 million British consumers in 2017. The credit rating giant failed to keep its […]
In August, The Data Breach Times reported a data breach involving UnitedLex that raised questions about their security and incident response. The article also noted a lawsuit that was filed by a former employee. This week, the Kansas City Business Journal reports another lawsuit stemming from that breach. This one reportedly: accuses UnitedLex of negligence […]
After it has been determined that a breach has taken place, there are various tasks that need to be done that are usually not in the sweet spot of the person that has been breached. Several vendors pretend they have a vertically integrated, one stop shop, solution. They don’t. They use third-party vendors who hide […]
