Matt Day reports that another retailer has been sued by
financial institutions hoping to recover their costs of a breach. Veridian Credit Union filed suit, seeking
class-action status, in Seattle federal court this week.
The complaint alleges negligence on the retailer’s part
and seeks to compensate financial institutions for costs related to reissuing stolen credit and debit cards, refunding
unauthorized transactions and other fallout from the malware breach that
affected point of sale terminals in its brick-and-mortar stores.
The deficiencies in Eddie Bauer’s
security system include “a lack of elementary security measures that even the
most inexperienced (information technology) professional could identify as
problematic,” the complaint said.
The company failed to implement
chip-based card anti-fraud technology, and exacerbated the problem by failing
to notify customers for weeks after learning about the problem, the lawsuit
says.
Read more on Seattle
Times. In light of Home Depot’s
settlement with banks over its 2014 breach, it will be interesting to see what
happens with this one.
Abandoning
a perfectly good parking spot is probable cause?
Can police strip search a
motorist over an unpaid $6.50 traffic ticket? The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate
Division said last week that such conduct is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel considered the case of
Robert L. Evans, who was subjected to a search on January 4, 2012, after a Vineland police officer saw Evans pulling into, and
then out of, a parking spot at the Days Inn.
Read more on TheNewspaper.com.
A copy of the decision is available in a 160k PDF file on their
site.
[From the article:
The judges were upset that police failed to abide by the
state attorney general's guidelines which say require a warrant for strip
searches. The panel saw no excuse for
the failure to obtain one.
Not
a real fear of Russians casting votes.
Fears of election hacking spread in Europe
France has followed the Netherlands in placing its faith
in paper-based voting systems ahead of key elections later this year, following
allegations that Russian hackers influenced last year's U.S. presidential
election.
… The move will only affect 11 of the
577 electoral districts voting, those representing French citizens living
outside their home country. These
expatriates had previously been allowed to vote over the internet in some
elections because the alternative was to require some of them to travel vast
distances to the nearest embassy or consulate with a ballot box.
… That decision,
though, was for reasons of electoral equality, not cybersecurity.
… In the Netherlands, it wasn't the
internet that posed a security concern but the use of software to add up counts
of paper votes. Parliamentary elections
will be held there on March 15.
“Well
for one thing, you’re talking to a box…”
'Alexa: What's Wrong With Me..?' Amazon's Virtual Assistant
To Replace Your Doctor
Just when you thought Amazon’s virtual assistant knew
enough already, WebMD – the hypochondriac’s favorite website - has teamed up
with the retail giant to give Alexa
medical diagnosis capabilities.
The integration will allow Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Fire TV users to ask Alexa basic
health queries, such as "Alexa, ask WebMD what are the symptoms of a heart
attack", or "Alexa, ask WebMD how to treat a sore throat."
… "There are a number of reasons
that voice-enabled interfaces are growing in popularity - they are generally
hands-free, people can talk faster than they type, and when done right, they
make it easier for consumers to quickly and easily get to the information they
need."
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