CONSUMER COMPLAINS ABOUT EQUIFAX UNAUTHORIZED CREDIT CARD CHARGES
I recently came across a consumer’s complaint about Equifax’s business practices. The consumer complains that he authorized Equifax to run a one time…
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FORMER BCBS EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH ID THEFT
An Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield employee was fired after she was charged with stealing the personal information of at least 15…
Read More →LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST BP FOR EXPOSURE TO BENZENE
A lawsuit in south Texas has been filed against British Petroleum over pollutants leaking out of the company’s Texas City…
Read More →$600 MILLION CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT WITH COUNTRYWIDE
Countrywide Financial Corp has agreed to a $600 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by shareholders. The lawsuit contended that…
Read More →LOST JUMP DRIVE CONTAINS COOPER UNIVERSITY RESIDENTS’ PERSONAL DATA
CAMDEN, N.J. – July 27, 2010 (WPVI) — A thumb drive that contained personal data about current and past graduate…
Read More →COMPANY ADMITS TO SELLING CUSTOMERS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR $5.7 MILLION
A Hong Kong’s company has admitted to selling its customers’ personal information since January 2006. The company, Octopus Holdings, pocketed $5.7 million from…
Read More →AMERICAN AIRLINES SETTLES PRICE FIXING CLASS ACTION FOR $5 MILLION
American Airlines has agreed to pay $5 million in class-action lawsuit which accused them of participating in a global price-fixing…
Read More →HOSPITAL BEGINS TO NOTIFY 21,000 PATIENTS ABOUT STOLEN LAPTOP
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia notified 21,000 patients that a laptop computer containing their unencrypted personal data including names,…
Read More →DATA BREACH REPORT SAYS BREACHES DOWN, INSIDER THREAT UP
The number of records compromised in major data breaches dropped sharply last year, according to a new study being issued…
Read More →SECRET SERVICE HELPS BUSINESSES FIGHT IDENTITY THEFT
Business needs to be more proactive in its approach to security in the face of increased insider threats and customised…
Read More →SOLDIER CHARGED WITH LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
The Wall Street Journal is reporting Military investigators are checking computers used by Bradley Manning. The U.S. Army intelligence analyst, Pfc….
Read More →WIKILEAKS ANNOUNCES 90,000 CLASSIFIED AFGHAN WAR DOCS LEAKED
Wikileaks announced the publication of more than 90,000 U.S. military classified documents dealing with the Afghan war. The Afghanistan leaked…
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