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ChoicePoint to pay $10M to settle breach-related lawsuit

2008-01-29 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b22d74 in Network World on Security
 
...lawsuit filed against the company in connection with a data breach disclosed in early 2005 in which the personal information of more than 160,000 people was exposed Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: class-action lawsuit filed, data broker choicepoint, enterprise network, web security, personal information, settle, data breach, advertisement, connection
 
 
 
 
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Certegy offers to settle lawsuit stemming from theft of data on 8.5M consumers

2008-03-14 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Certegy Check Services is offering to settle a class-action lawsuit filed against the check processing firm after an insider theft that exposed personal data belonging to 8.5 million people
 
Tags: certegy check services, check, class-action lawsuit filed, million people, personal data, insider theft, settle, firm
 
 
 
 
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ACLU files lawsuit to challenge surveillance law

2008-07-10 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other groups have filed a lawsuit in an effort to strike down a new law allowing the U.S. government to intercept the phone calls and e-mail messages of people with suspected ties to terrorism
 
Tags: aclu, law, e-mail messages, phone calls, lawsuit, government, effort, ties, strike
 
 
 
 
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Nvidia hit with securities lawsuit over bad graphics chips

2008-09-10 00:00:00 by Sumner Lemon in Network World on Security
 
A lawsuit filed in a California court on Tuesday alleged Nvidia violated U.S. securities laws and concealed the existence of a serious defect in its graphics-chip line for at least eight months "in a series of false and misleading statements made to the investing public
 
Tags: lawsuit filed, graphics-chip line, nvidia, securities laws, california court, statements, false, existence, tuesday
 
 
 
 
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EFF files surveillance lawsuit against NSA, Bush, Cheney

2008-09-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit against the president and vice president alleging that an NSA electronic surveillance program continues to illegally spy on U.S. residents
 
Tags: vice president, president, lawsuit, spy, residents
 
 
 
 
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EFF files surveillance lawsuit against NSA, Bush, Cheney

2008-09-18 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other government officials, alleging that an NSA electronic surveillance program continues to illegally spy on U.S. residents
 
Tags: president george bush, national security agency, electronic frontier foundation, nsa, government officials, lawsuit, eff, spy, filed
 
 
 
 
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All

2008-05-30 15:00:00 by Kim Zetter in Wired Security
 
...lawsuit against that employer, NDS Group, largely cleared the company -- and by extension Tarnovsky -- of piracy, finding NDS guilty of only a single incident of stealing satellite signals, for which Dish was awarded $1,500 in damages I knew this was going to come," Tarnovsky says. "They didn't have any proof or evidence The trial was years...
 
Tags: smart cards piled, cards, nds cards, access cards, sample directv cards, directv cards, smart cards, nds smart cards, nds
 
 
 
 
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Is This How Security Will Be Improved?

2008-04-07 16:20:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Lawsuit confirms that companies can be held liable for failing to provide adequate security" ( source A Billings, Mont., law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against Davidson Companies, claiming the company was negligent when it allowed a hacker to penetrate its systems, resulting in a data security breach and the...
 
Tags: security, data security breach, davidson companies, companies, nice cold lawsuit, data loss, immensely fun, davidson cos, data breach
 
 
 
 
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The new e-discovery rules - what they mean for your company

2006-11-30 06:26:27 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...lawsuit is filed. Under the old rules, companies could just wait for a discovery request, which could take up to a year after the initial filing of the lawsuit. The new rules mean that all companies, large and small, must pull their socks up and get serious about managing their electronic records The good news is that under the new rules, the...
 
Tags: rules, discovery, electronic discovery rules, address e-discovery issues, court, federal court, records, electronic records, company