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This Jan. 22, 2018, file photo shows the Dunkin’ Donuts logo on a
shop in Mount Lebanon, Pa.
Associated Press
Lawsuit filed against
Dunkin’ Donuts over
security breaches
NEW YORK (AP) — Dunkin’ Donuts failed to notify almost
20,000 customers across the U.S. about cyberattacks on
their accounts in 2015 and inadequately warned more
than 300,000 customers about another hacking attack in
2018, New York’s attorney general said in a lawsuit an-
nounced Thursday.
“Dunkin’ failed to protect the security of its customers,”
Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “And
instead of notifying the tens of thousands impacted by
these cybersecurity breaches, Dunkin’ sat idly by, putting
customers at risk.”
According to the lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in
Manhattan, the company knew in 2015 that a series of
attacks had been made on customers’ online accounts,
with attackers able to steal money customers had stored
for use at Dunkin’ stores. But it said the company didn’t
inform the customers or fully investigate.
The suit also accuses Dunkin’ of keeping customers in the
dark about the full extent of 2018 cyberattacks, by only
intimating attempts had been made to access accounts
but not that accounts had been breached.
Dunkin’ Brands Inc. strongly pushed back against James’
contentions.
“There is absolutely no basis for these claims by the New
York Attorney General’s Office. For more than two years,
we have fully cooperated with the AG’s investigation into
this matter, and we are shocked and disappointed that
they chose to move ahead with this lawsuit given the lack
of merit to their case,” Dunkin’ chief communications of- 60 percent of the time they service members who may were for 2017, but officials
ficer Karen Raskopf said in an emailed statement.
She said that during the 2015 incident, an investigation
showed no customer account had been wrongfully ac-
cessed and there was no reason to inform customers.
New York has a law requiring business to notify custom-
ers about certain types of cybersecurity breaches. More
than 2,000 of the customers affected by the 2015 breach
were in New York.q
U.S. NEWS Friday 27 September 2019
Military sees frustrating
trend as suicides spike
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mili-
tary suicides surged this
year to a record high
among active duty troops,
continuing a deadly trend
that Pentagon officials say
is frustrating and they are
struggling to counter.
The Army, Navy and Ma-
rine Corps all saw the rate
of suicides go up as well as
the overall numbers, with
only the Air Force showing
a decrease, according to This Sept. 7, 2019, file photo shows U.S. Defense Secretary Mark
Esper delivering a speech during a press conference with French
data released by the Pen-
Defense Minister Florence Parly in Paris.
tagon Thursday. Suicides Associated Press
among members of the ing in the right direction,” so many stresses that could
Reserves and the National said Elizabeth Van Winkle, contribute. They also ac-
Guard also grew.
director of the Pentagon’s knowledged that service
The difficulties involved in office of force resiliency. members are reluctant to
identifying service mem- She said that most of the come forward and seek
bers with possible problems military rates are compara- help, because they worry
and finding ways to prevent ble to civilians, but added, that it could affect promo-
suicides were underscored “that’s hardly comforting.” tions or security clearanc-
earlier this month when Military and defense lead- es. And military leaders said
the Navy reported that ers expressed dismay and they must all work harder to
three crew members who a resolve to do more to address those perceived
served on the USS George increase resilience in the roadblocks. “Just as we
H.W. Bush took their own force, train service mem- talk about physical fitness,
lives within a week. Asked bers how to handle stress marksmanship, training
about the deaths in the better and encourage and education, Marines
crew of the aircraft carrier, troops to seek help when must also be comfortable
Defense Secretary Mark Es- they need it. Van Winkle discussing life’s struggles,
per said, “I wish I could tell said the military is also look- mental wellness and sui-
you we have an answer ing at increasing efforts cide,” said Gen. David
to prevent further, future to train troops on the safe Berger, commandant of
suicides in the Armed Ser- storage of firearms and the Marine Corps. “We
vices. We don’t. We are medication. She said there must create a community
caught up in what some are no consistent rules or where seeking help and
call a national epidemic of regulations across the de- assistance are simply nor-
suicide among our youth.” partment and the services mal, important decisions
The number of suicides requiring gun locks or other Marines and sailors make.”
across the military in- controls on firearms, but This year for the first time,
creased from 511 in 2017 that some states or bases the Pentagon included sta-
to 541 in 2018. According have their own restrictions. tistics for suicides by military
to the Pentagon, the most She and Karen Orvis, direc- spouses and dependents.
at-risk population is young tor of the suicide preven- Van Winkle said the most
enlisted men, and at least tion office, said recognizing recent numbers available
chose a gun as their suicide be struggling or at risk of are working to get better at
method. Army suicides taking their own lives is very collecting family data. Ac-
went from 114 to 139, while difficult, and that some- cording to the report, there
the Marines went from 43 times suicide is a sudden, were 186 families that had
to 58 and the Navy went impulsive decision with little suicides — 123 were spous-
from 65 to 68. The Air Force warning. They said it’s dif- es and 63 were depen-
dipped from 63 to 60. ficult to identify reasons for dents between the ages of
“Our numbers are not mov- suicide because there are 12 and 23.q