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Accused Kelihos spam botmaster: It wasn't me, Microsoft

Dan Kaplan January 30, 2012

A Russian computer programmer has denied allegations by Microsoft that he was responsible for manning a prolific spam botnet.

Univ. of Hawaii settles with 98,000 over five breaches

Dan Kaplan January 27, 2012

The largest class-action settlement in Hawaii's history is related to data breaches at University of Hawaii campuses.

Microsoft names Russian man in Kelihos botnet suit

Dan Kaplan January 24, 2012

Microsoft believes it has found the person responsible for the spam-pushing Kelihos botnet, according to a new lawsuit.

Study finds many turn to lawsuits following a data breach

Dan Kaplan November 02, 2011

Consumers are more willing than ever to sue following a data breach, but they face an uphill climb in court. However, a recent court ruling may flip the odds in their favor.

TD Ameritrade settles lawsuit over major breach

Dan Kaplan October 10, 2011

While TD Ameritrade maintains that no identity theft resulted because of a 2007 breach, it has decided to compensate customers "in the interest of helping ease" their concerns.

Microsoft wins Rustock civil case, passes evidence to FBI

Angela Moscaritolo September 23, 2011

Microsoft has prevailed in its civil case against the operators of the Rustock botnet, which in its heyday controlled a network of more than a million computers.

AT&T sues two over scheme to steal customer data

Angela Moscaritolo August 17, 2011

AT&T has accused two Utah men of carrying out a data mining scheme involving auto dialer software that cost the company more than $6.5 million.

WellPoint to pay $100,000 fine for breach

Angela Moscaritolo July 08, 2011

Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint will pay $100,000 to settle a data breach that exposed the personal information of 32,000 of its Indiana customers.

Sony faces new lawsuit following PSN hack

Dan Kaplan June 24, 2011

A new class-action lawsuit filed against Sony in the wake of the massive PlayStation Network/Qriocity breach claims the company fired security workers just days before the breach occurred.

Judge rules bank not at fault for corporate account fraud

Angela Moscaritolo June 08, 2011

In a potentially precedent-setting court ruling, a U.S. magistrate judge has ruled that a bank is not responsible for covering the loss of nearly $300,000 that was illegally wired out of the bank account belonging to a Maine construction company.

Indiana attorney general sues WellPoint over breach

Angela Moscaritolo November 02, 2010

The Indiana Attorney General's office has filed a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based health insurance provider WellPoint for taking months to notify state residents whose personal information was breached.

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal accused of hacking

Angela Moscaritolo September 16, 2010

A recently filed lawsuit accuses four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal of voicemail hacking, but one security expert wonders whether the allegations fit the hacker label.

Microsoft to assume control over Waledac domains

Angela Moscaritolo September 08, 2010

Security industry efforts to permanently shut down the prolific Waledac botnet have been successful, according to Microsoft.

Disgruntled San Francisco admin sentenced to four years

Angela Moscaritolo August 09, 2010

Two years after he was charged with holding the city of San Francisco digitally hostage, a disgruntled former network administrator was sentenced to four years in prison.

Connecticut leads probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection

Angela Moscaritolo June 22, 2010

After already being hit with at least three lawsuits over its admitted collection of information from unprotected Wi-Fi networks, Google now is being subject to a multistate investigation into the privacy blunder.

Judgment against Spamhaus sees major reduction

Dan Kaplan June 18, 2010

A U.S. District Court judge has slashed the amount of damages being awarded to a former marketing services firm that claimed it was defamed and lost customers when an anti-spam organization listed the company has a purveyor of unwanted email. e360 originally won an $11.7 million judgment against U.K.-based Spamhaus. After failing to initially even recognize the case, Spamhaus appealed, and a judge ruled that the case required a further look. Last week, Judge Charles Kocoras of the Eastern District of Illinois reduced the award to $27,000. Spamhaus operates a blocklist to which many internet service providers subscribe. — DK

Google sued for data collection via Wi-Fi

Angela Moscaritolo May 26, 2010

Google this week was hit with a third class-action lawsuit over its collection of information from unprotected Wi-Fi networks.

Imperva calls F5's patent infringement lawsuit "baseless"

Angela Moscaritolo May 12, 2010

F5 Networks contends in a lawsuit that web application firewall maker Imperva infringed on its patent.

Baidu suing registrar for negligence in cyberattack

Angela Moscaritolo January 21, 2010

Leading Chinese search engine Baidu, is suing Register.com, its U.S.-based web hosting provider, over a recent cyberattack that left the site unusable for several hours, according to published reports. On Jan. 12, Baidu visitors were redirected to a page announcing that the site had been overtaken by the Iranian Cyber Army. On Wednesday in a Manhattan federal court, Baidu filed a complaint against Register.com claiming that negligence by the company resulted in severe damage to the search giant. A Register.com spokesperson reportedly has said the lawsuit is "without merit." A representative could not be reached by SCMagazineUS.com. — AM

Connecticut attorney general sues over breach

Dan Kaplan January 14, 2010

The Connecticut attorney general, using new authority granted under the HITECH Act, is suing a managed health care provider over a data breach that potentially exposed the personal data of 446,000 state residents.