Data breach victim told to pay Adidas, National Basketball Association $US1.2m by US courts
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When Byron Bay woman Sarah Luke found out her personal details had been shared on the dark web, she never imagined it would lead to two US court actions and a million-dollar damages bill.
  • Sternhammer@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 years ago

    How absurd. This kind of thing could happen to anyone.

    I hope Adidas cops heaps of negative publicity over its pursuit of this hapless woman.

  • Thecornershop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    This sounds absolutely insane! Surely it must be trivial to prove that she had no part in anything. Corporations shouldn’t be able to reach down into peoples lives in this way (she is in a different country and was not represented). what can be done to raise awareness and try to help get the attention of the relevant Minister to advocate to the USA Govt to have this sorted out? This women must be beside herself.

    • shirro@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I wonder if the government and ASIC shouldn’t take a closer look at Paypal as well. According to Ms Luke her account was one of 35,000 Paypal accounts breached in an incident last year and criminals used it to process thousands of transactions over a couple of days.