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“Wetware” – coder slang for biological life forms (i.e., people) – is the weak link in most companies’ data security protections, according to a new data security report issued by the Association of...more
As reported on Friday in the Krebs on Security blog, online broker Scottrade had sent an e-mail to customers earlier that day stating that it recently had learned from law enforcement officials that Scottrade was one of a...more
10/8/2015
/ Class Action ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybertheft ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Financial Institutions ,
Government Investigations ,
Law Enforcement ,
Personal Data ,
Scottrade ,
Standard of Care
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Settlement appears imminent in an employee class action against Sony Pictures Entertainment (“SPE”) arising from disclosure of their personally identifiable information (“PII”) in a massive data breach...more
9/8/2015
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Free Identity Theft Protection ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Settlement ,
Sony ,
Stipulations
Card-issuing banks are forging ahead with their lawsuit against Target arising from the 2013 holiday shopping season data breach. Their July 1 motion for class certification has just been unsealed, allowing a glimpse at...more
8/26/2015
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Credit Cards ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
MasterCard ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Target ,
Visa Inc