An item in Courthouse News not only reminds us of the risks of ID theft, but highlights the problem of mug shot websites that post – and refuse to delete without fee – pictures. Sheyrane Sterling has reportedly sued Unpublish LLC, Whois Privacy Pty. Ltd., Mugshots.com, and Openbare Dienst Internationale in Westchester County Court, New…
Category: Breaches
IN: AG Zoeller, Sen. Merritt propose legislation to protect Hoosiers from identity theft, data breaches
Press release: In response to growing concerns about online privacy and data protection, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today announced a legislative proposal to provide greater safeguards of Hoosiers’ personal and financial information online. Zoeller’s proposal has three main components aimed at providing stricter requirements for the safe storage of sensitive data, reducing harm to…
Seattle man sentenced to jail for revenge porn
Sara Jean Green reports that a computer technician is off to jail for stealing and posting nude photos of women on a revenge porn site: A 31-year-old Seattle man was sentenced to one year in jail on Friday for posting nude photos of women on two different websites in a bizarre case of “revenge porn.” Jeremy…
Opinion: The case against publishing hacked Sony e-mails
By now, everyone’s heard about the massive Sony hack and data dumps with tons of their corporate and employee information. Many of you may also have read news articles quoting from dumped emails or containing titillating personal information. I’ve covered some aspects of the breach over on DataBreaches.net. But you haven’t read any of it…