Boing Boing Three US states investigating eBay cyber attackReutersThe investigations come as some eBay customers complained in eBay Community forums and on social media that they received news about the breach from media sources first and not directly from the company. Some customers said they have yet to …eBay Tells Users …
Read More »Illinois, Florida join Connecticut in eBay probe – Reuters
Yahoo News Illinois, Florida join Connecticut in eBay probeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) – Illinois and Florida are joining Connecticut to lead a probe of the massive data breach at eBay Inc, according to a spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is …Connecticut attorney general …
Read More »Royal Mail Reveals Profits Rise To £430 Million After Privatisation – Huffington Post UK
Royal Mail Reveals Profits Rise To £430 Million After PrivatisationHuffington Post UKRoyal Mail has announced a rise in annual profits after revenues growth from parcel deliveries more than offset a further decline in letter volumes. In its first set of results since its controversial £3.3 billion stock market flotation in …
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Royal Mail faces difficult task to keep ahead of competitionFinancial TimesRoyal Mail, which was losing money in its UK letters and parcels business three years ago, has made great strides since Moya Greene, its Canadian chief executive, arrived in 2010. But it has further to go both in raising efficiency …
Read More »Hackers raid eBay in historic breach, access 145M records – CNBC.com
Hackers raid eBay in historic breach, access 145M recordsCNBC.comEBay said that hackers raided its network three months ago, accessing some 145 million user records in what is poised to go down as one of the biggest data breaches in history, based on the number of accounts compromised. It advised customers …
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Outdoors Mailbag: Speckled-trout numbers, duck stamps and diving to hellThe Times-PicayuneI have been trying to get The Times-Picayune to address the price increase for the federal duck stamp. This is an important piece of conservation legislation that needs to be adjusted for inflation. Please let me know if you are …
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KPVI News 6 Change of Plea in Tennessee Post Office ShootingsABC NewsProsecutors say Montgomery and his 18-year-old son tried to rob the rural post office, but they became angry and began shooting after they realized it had just $63 to steal. Federal prosecutors said last year they would be seeking …
Read More »Tech Five: eBay down after breach, HP to report earnings – USA TODAY
Tech Five: eBay down after breach, HP to report earningsUSA TODAYHas eBay experienced a fallout on Wall Street after disclosing details of a massive breach? Let's look at the five technology stocks to watch Thursday. eBay. Shares are down 1.2% in pre-market trading, after the online marketplace reported a … …
Read More »Royal Mail Reveals Profits Rise To £430 Million After Privatisation
Royal Mail has announced a rise in annual profits after revenues growth from parcel deliveries more than offset a further decline in letter volumes. In its first set of results since its controversial £3.3 billion stock market flotation in October, the company said operating profits after transformation costs were £430 …
Read More »eBay argued against stronger privacy breach penalties – ZDNet
eBay argued against stronger privacy breach penaltiesZDNetAs eBay hastily informs its customers of its massive privacy breach, the company told the Australian Law Reform Commission that stopping reputation damage was enough of an incentive to protect customer data, and that statutory action against privacy … More: continued here
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