Hotel operator reports possible data breach
INDIANAPOLIS – A nationwide hotel operator is investigating a suspected data security breach that may have compromised credit-card and debit -ard information of customers who stayed at properties in eight states last year, the company announced Monday.
White Lodging Services Corp. said in a statement that the suspected breach affected cards used at hotel restaurants and lounges between March 20 and Dec. 16 at 14 properties it manages. The front- desk system also was affected at one property, according to White Lodging, which did not say how many customers may have been affected.
Merrillville, Ind.-based White Lodging, which owns and manages 168 hotels under various brands in 21 states and is a separate entity from specific hotel brands, said the breach may have affected properties in: Chicago; Indianapolis and Merrillville, Ind.; Austin, Tex.; Richmond, Va.; Erie, Penn.; Louisville, Ky.; Plantation, Fla.; and Denver, Boulder and Bloomfield
State orders Google to move mystery barge
SAN FRANCISCO – Google must move a mystery barge from a construction site on an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay because the permits are not in order, a state official said Monday.
The notice came after the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission investigated numerous complaints about construction of the floating, four-story building, commission executive director Larry Goldzband said.
The investigation found that neither the Treasure Island Development Authority nor the city of San Francisco had applied for required permits for the work to be done at the site and could face fines and enforcement proceedings.
Goldzband said Google can resolve the issue by moving the barge to one of the fully permitted construction facilities in the San Francisco Bay.
Judge in Knox case may face discipline
MILAN – The judge who announced the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for murder is facing allegations of impropriety that could result in disciplinary proceedings.
Defense lawyers for Sollecito, Knox’s co-defendant, said Monday they will request disciplinary action against Florence Judge Alessandro Nencini because of comments the presiding appellate court judge made to Italian media about Sollecito’s defense strategy following Thursday’s guilty verdict. Nencini was quoted as suggesting that Sollecito’s decision not to testify may have worked against him by depriving the defense of a key voice.
Associated Press
