Category: Breaches

walakelliejones reports: Fox10 News has discovered an investigation is underway to find out whether or not Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie violated federal law by allegedly giving city residents’ personal information to a political campaign. Two Mobilians, Anitra Diamond and Lebarron Yates, have filed claims against Mobile County officials. In their claims, they state…

Saw this on the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington: Yakima County reporter Phil Ferolito talks about the race for county clerk with host Mike Faulk on this week’s Open Mike. One candidate, Sarah Matheny, is expected to lose her job with the Yakima Municipal Court after allegedly using her position to access court records on her…

Rebecca Rose writes: A gallery in Florida is planning to stage an exhibit featuring nude images stolen from women including Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Lawrence. Oh, you thought that horrible charity drive was the worst, most misguided decision to come out of the celeb photo leak? Nope, not by a long shot. An artist who goes by the…

Issie Lapowsky reports: David Vladeck believes Apple will likely be sued after hackers grabbed nude photos that celebrities stored on the company’s iCloud service. Vladeck, the former director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection and a professor of law at Georgetown University, acknowledges that such suits have had little success in the past, but…