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Government “Outs” Mystery Retailers in Gonzalez Hack Case

Posted in Data Breach

Interesting post in today’s Wired: Threat Level blog about a motion in the Alberto Gonzalez hacking case that was unsealed on Monday. We now have the identities of the other two “mystery” retailers – J.C. Penney was “Company A” and Wet Seal was “Company B.” J.C. Penney argued unsuccessfully last week to keep the company’s… Continue Reading

More detail on Dave & Buster’s FTC Settlement

Posted in Legislation

As we blogged here last week, we were going to post our Client Alert with further details about the settlement and consent order reached by the restaurant chain Dave & Buster’s and the Federal Trade Commission relating to the breach suffered by the chain. Here is the alert — Privacy and Security Alert: Popular Restaurant… Continue Reading

Gonzalez Hearing: More than 40 MILLION Distinct Credit Card Numbers Recovered

Posted in Data Breach

Evan Schuman of StorefrontBacktalk has an interesting piece about last week’s plea in the massive credit card fraud case currently in federal court. Albert Gonzalez pleaded guilty in federal court in the cyberthief case and the plea hearing revealed some remarkable details. According to testimony, the Secret Service has collected “more than forty million distinct… Continue Reading