Kmart added to the list of data breaches

Kmart added to the list of data breaches

by Carol Thompson The list goes on. Sears Holding Corp. has announced a data breach at its Kmart stores that began in early September, according to the company’s SEC filing. “On October 9, Kmart’s Information Technology team detected Kmart’s payment...
Yet another data breach: This time Dairy Queen

Yet another data breach: This time Dairy Queen

by Carol Thompson Dairy Queen has announced a data breach adding the ice cream and fast food chain to the growing list of retailers hit by hackers. Dairy Queen announced that its payment systems were breached by hackers who possibly gained access to customer names,...
DEA created fake Facebook account in drug sting, woman sues

DEA created fake Facebook account in drug sting, woman sues

by Carol Thompson A Facebook page created surreptitiously by a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who had seized a woman’s phone July 2010 after arresting her, mined it for photographs, then used the pictures to establish a fraudulent profile that allowed...
Runaway Afghanistan soldiers seek asylum

Runaway Afghanistan soldiers seek asylum

by Carol Thompson The three Afghanistan National Army officers who fled a US joint military exercise on Cape Cod two weeks ago appeared in immigration court last Wednesday to argue for asylum claiming they will be killed if they are returned to their...
Novelist Nicholas Sparks sued over allegations of racism

Novelist Nicholas Sparks sued over allegations of racism

by Carol Thompson The plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Nicholas Sparks made serious allegations about the bestselling author.  Saul Hillel Benjamin claims that Sparks is a homophobic, anti-Semitic racist, according to the lawsuit filed yesterday in the U.S....