David Meyer reports: The database of a Snapchat image-saving service — not associated with Snapchat itself — has allegedly been hacked, and the hackers have claimed on 4chan that they will make hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users’ private images and videos available in a searchable database. Read more on GigaOm.
Category: Breaches
MO: Authorities Investigate Possible Invasion of Privacy at Fair Grove High School
Lindsay Clein and John Gerding report: Police and school leaders in Fair Grove are investigating a possible invasion of privacy during band practice. A few students have been accused of using an electronic device to record girls changing clothes. Because this is a sensitive case involving minors, officials aren’t saying much. Authorities did, however, tell…
Meanwhile, back at the Minnesota driver’s license privacy breach case…
Courthouse News reports that a federal judge has dismissed some – but not all – of the claims that TV news personality Jessica Miles (Kampschroer) and her husband Cory Kampschrorer filed against various Minnesota agencies and personnel, alleging violation of the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (“DPPA”).
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Firm That Processed Payments For Fraudulent Id Theft Protection Company
BUFFALO – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office has reached a settlement of $71,640 with New Beginnings NY, Inc., a payment processor located in Cheektowaga, and its owner, Kenneth Newton, to provide restitution to customers paid for and never received identity theft protection from Phoenix Trust. New Beginnings NY, Inc. had…