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St. Paul Says No Duty To Cover $2.4M Loss After Data Breach – Law360 (subscription)
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St. Paul Says No Duty To Cover $ 2.4M Loss After Data Breach
Law360 (subscription) Law360, New York (March 28, 2017, 9:19 PM EDT) — St. Paul Fire & Marine asked a Florida district court Monday to rule it does not have to cover a hotel chain's information technology subsidiary for $ 2.4 million in costs and fines stemming from a data … |
Hackers hit UK phone retailer, possibly compromising data of up to 2.4M customers
/in Computer SecurityCyberthieves broke into the IT systems of Carphone Warehouse, a large cell phone retailer in the U.K., and may have stolen personal and bank data of up to 2.4 million customers and the credit card details of up to 90,000 customers.
Specifically, the division that was attacked operates the OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk websites, and provides services to iD Mobile, TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile and some customers of Carphone Warehouse, the company said Saturday in an emailed statement.
The attack, which the company described as “sophisticated,” was discovered Wednesday afternoon, and likely happened at some point in the two weeks prior to the discovery. Carphone Warehouse has secured the breached systems, put in place additional safety measures and hired a security company to determine what data was compromised. It is also notifying customers that could be affected.
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Journalism via Twitter wins trader $2.4M windfall on possible Intel-Altera deal
/in Internet SecurityNot that long ago, if you were a reporter with a hot scoop and you wanted to be first to break the news to the public you had to do one critical thing first: write the story.
Not today.
Today a relatively new journalistic practice exists whereby members of the media put aside the writing of the story part for long enough to announce the news immediately on Twitter. “Hey,” they tell their Twitter followers, “I’ve learned this important piece of news and will reveal more as soon as I do that pesky story writing.” Having thus established their reporting of the news as the first such reporting, then and only then do they write the story.
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