A lawsuit was filed in San Jose, CA, on June 15, 2012, seeking class action status against LinkedIn, Corp., stemming from the recent data breach of user passwords that ended up on a Russian Internet forum. The lawsuit filed by a Chicago-based attorney, Ms. Katie Szpyrka, accuses LinkedIn of deceiving its customers and for failing to implement […]
Mr. Alnoor Ebrahim, former AT&T executive, admitted to a Federal Court in Lower Manhattan today that he sold AT&T sales figures on Apple and RIM products to traders who purchased shares based on that information. In a plea agreement with the federal government, prosecutor’s are recommending a maximum sentence of 2 years in prison for Mr. Ebrahim’s […]
In a first of its kind legal action, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) today announced that Pasadena-based, Spokeo, Inc., agreed to an $800,000 settlement over charges that the data collecting company improperly compiled and sold people’s personal information for use by potential employers in screening job applicant’s. Without admitting any guilt and as a part […]
In The New York Times today, Ms. Nicole Perlroth, started her column with “LinkedIn is a data company that did not protect its data.” This is a very powerful statement coming on the heals of a cyber-attack that posted the usernames and passwords of over 6 million LinkedIn users on a Russian Internet forum. Has […]
In recent days, high-profile social media companies LinkedIn and eHarmony disclosed that data from their IT systems have been exploited, via a cyber-attack, and the information obtained from the hack was placed on Russian Internet forums. LinkedIn estimated that approximately 6.46 million passwords were hacked, and are advising all users to update/change their login credentials. In response to […]