Wawa Facing Lawsuits Over Data Breach at All of its Stores December 30, 2019 PHILADELPHIA — The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its...
Facebook Must Face Data Breach Class Action on Security, But Not Damages December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
Lawsuit Filed Against Dunkin’ Donuts Over Security Breaches September 30, 2019 NEW YORK — Dunkin’ Donuts failed to notify almost 20,000 customers across the U.S. about cyberattacks on their accounts in...
Jury Indicts Capital One Hacker Suspect on Wire Fraud, Data Theft Charges August 30, 2019 A federal grand jury has indicted the suspected hacker who obtained personal information of over 100 million people in the...
Accused Capital One Hacker’s Volatile History Put Before Judge August 22, 2019 By Erik Larson Federal prosecutors in Seattle have pieced together a string of disturbing social-media posts and police complaints to portray the accused...
Capital One Accused Hacker May Have Hit 30 Other Companies August 15, 2019 By Erik Larson The Seattle woman accused of hacking into Capital One Financial Corp.’s cloud and stealing personal information on more than 100...
Identity Theft Stings, but Hard to Pin on Specific Attacks August 5, 2019 By Anick Jesdanun NEW YORK — Equifax 2017. Marriott 2018. Capital One 2019. Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days,...
Alleged CapitalOne Hacker Barely Bothered to Hide August 2, 2019 By Gene Johnson and Frank Bajak SEATTLE — The 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking CapitalOne made little attempt to hide her attack. In...
Capital One Touted the Cloud’s Safety as Hacker Was Breaching It July 31, 2019 By Jenny Surane and Lananh Nguyen Capital One Financial Corp., in recent years, has beat the drum every chance it got: The cloud is cheaper. The...
Tipster’s Email Led to Arrest in Massive Capital One Breach July 30, 2019 By Christian Berthelsen, William Turton and Jenny Surane Capital One Financial Corp. set up an email address for tipsters — including “white hat” hackers — to alert the...