Nam Hyun-woo reports: The prosecution said Saturday it has secured circumstantial evidence that a National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent has been involved in leaks of personal information about former Prosecutor General Chae Dong-wook’s alleged illegitimate son. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said that it summoned Yoo Young-hwan, 60, superintendent of the Seoul Gangnam District…
Category: Breaches
Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit, TAO
“TAO:” not to be confused with “Tao,” unless you consider it the NSA’s path or way…. Here’s your must-read news story for today, from Spiegel in Germany: The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even…
Comenity Bank accused of violating consumer protection law
Joel Brakken reports: A man is suing a debt collection company for allegedly failing to cease phone calls after he filed a civil action. Ricky Henderson filed a lawsuit Dec. 13 in the Putnam County Circuit Court against Comenity Bank, citing violations of the state Consumer Credit and Protection Act, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy. The…
Hulu must face privacy lawsuit, U.S. judge rules
Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports: Hulu has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the video streaming service of illegally sharing users’ viewing history with Facebook Inc and business metrics company comScore Inc. In San Francisco on Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler rejected Hulu’s argument that viewers needed to show…