Our firm represents the victims of data breaches and data losses. Personal identifying information is a commodity. Your personal information can be sold just like illegal drugs on the street. Companies and government agencies have a duty to protect your personal identifying information. If your personal information is taken or lost, you may be at [...]
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DATA BREACH & DATA LOSS NEWS – TOP STORIES
Posted: July 3, 2012 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITYTags: atlanta ga, Birmingham al, CONSUMER LAW, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, Dallas tx, data breach law, DATA LOSS, data security law, Federal Trade Commission, hacker, linkedin class action, Nashville tn, Orlando FL, STRATFOR CLASS ACTION, Tampa fl, wyndham lawsuit
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NORTEL DATA BREACH – CEO CHARGED WITH FRAUD
Posted: February 21, 2012 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Data breach notification, Data Breach Notification Laws, Data loss notice, Nortel data breach, Nortel fraud
Former Nortel CEO Frank Dunn, now being tried for fraud, was among several senior company managers who were aware of a long-standing data breach into Nortel’s computers systems, but chose to do nothing. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, former Nortel employee Brian Shields led an investigation and discovered the breach, but was [...]
REGIONS BANK 401K PARTICIPANTS AT RISK FOR ID THEFT – ERNST & YOUNG LOSES JUMP DRIVE
Posted: February 16, 2012 by administrator in CLASS ACTIONS, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Atlanta GA Id Theft Lawyer, Birmingham al ID theft lawyer, Dallas TX ID Theft Lawyer, ERNST & YOUNG CLASS ACTION, ERNST & YOUNG DATA LOSS LETTER, fair credit reporting act lawyer, fcra lawyer, Jacksonville ID Theft Lawyer, Montgomery Al ID Theft Lawyer, NASHVILLE ID THEFT LAWYER, Orlando FL ID Theft Lawyer, Regions 401K Lawsuit, REGIONS CLASS ACTION, REGIONS DATA LOSS LETTER, Regions Employees Data Lost
Current and former employees of Regions Bank are being mailed data loss notification letters concerning a recent data loss. According to the data loss notification letters from Regions Bank and Ernst & Young, a jump drive containing Regions’ 401K participants’ personal identifying information was lost in the mail. The jump drive was purportedly encrypted, but [...]
MEDICAL DATA BREACHES ON THE RISE
Posted: February 10, 2012 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITY, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Alabama Identity Theft Lawyer, Atlanta ID Theft Lawyer, Huntsville AL ID Theft Lawyer, medical data breach, Miami FL ID Theft Lawyer, Montgomery Al ID Theft Lawyer, Nashville TN ID Theft Lawyer, Orlando FL ID Theft Lawyer, patient health information security
Healthcare organizations need to “serve as their own watchdog” to increase security and decrease data breaches, a new report from IT security audit firm Redspin concludes. The increase in “bring your own device” policies at various hospitals, in addition to the continued implementation of electronic health record systems, are too much for government alone to [...]
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED OVER STRATFOR DATA BREACH – THOUSANDS OF CREDIT CARD NUMBERS STOLEN
Posted: February 4, 2012 by administrator in CLASS ACTIONS, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITYTags: ALABAMA DATA BREACH LAWYERS, Alabama Identity Theft Lawyer, ATLANTA IDENTITY THEFT LAWYER, BIRMINGHAM IDENTITY THEFT LAWYER, class action lawyers, DALLAS IDENTITY THEFT LAWYER, FLORIDA DATA BREACH LAWYERS, GEORGIA DATA BREACH LAWYERS, Georgia Identity Theft Lawyer, ORLANDO IDENTITY THEFT LAWYER, STRATFOR CLASS ACTION
Geopolitical analysis company Stratfor has been hit with a lawsuit this week after a computer hacker stole information on thousands of the company’s customers. The lawsuit, filed by Stratfor users, claims that information on 90,000 credit card accounts were stolen, as well as 75,000 people’s personal information. The lawsuit is seeking more than $50 million in [...]
TAX FRAUD & IDENTITY THEFT – 3 ARRESTED & CHARGED FOR CRIMES IN OHIO
Posted: January 28, 2012 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, IDENTITY THEFTTags: Alabama Identity Theft Lawyer, Alabama Tax Fraud Lawyer, Florida Identity Theft Lawyer, Florida Tax Fraud Lawyer, Fraudulent Tax Return, Georgia Identity Theft Lawyer, Georgia Trax Fraud Lawyer, Id Theft Attorney, Tennessee Identity Theft Lawyer, Tennessee Tax Fraud Lawyer
In Ohio, three women were taken into custody and indicted on multiple counts of identity theft and tax fraud. The women, Karen Taylor, Laquanna Bradshaw and Tiffany Cole, were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the IRS with fraudulent tax returns. The identity theft victims are believed to be mentally disabled adults. [...]
HACKER EXPOSES ISRAELI CREDIT CARD NUMBERS
Posted: January 8, 2012 by administrator in DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITYTags: credit card fraud, Data Security, Group XP, ISRAELI CREDIT CARDS, SAUDI HACKER, STOLEN CREDIT CARD
The Saudi hacker who earlier this week exposed the details of an estimated 15,000 Israeli credit cards yesterday posted 11,000 additional card numbers and threatened to release the details of one million stolen credit card numbers in all. In a message posted by “0xOmar” from the Saudi hacking group Group-XP, the hacker claimed he had [...]