DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Ca: Credit card fraud draws two-year sentence

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

Betty Ann Adams of TheStarPhoenix.com reports that Brandon Brian Therens, a newly graduated University of Saskatchewan student, pleaded guilty to hacking into the university’s computer in 2007 and downloading the credit card information of about 3,600 students.

Therens also admitted to other frauds and thefts between May and October 2007:

He stole hand-held wireless debit machines and gave himself tens of thousands of dollars in refunds; he installed a key-stroke logger on the public computer in a hotel and used the information to take thousands of dollars from a guest’s Visa account; he made fake identification; and he withdrew thousands from a bank account that illegally had money electronically transferred in from the account of a Saskatoon restaurant.

[…]

Therens was sentenced to two years less a day in jail, to be followed by 18 months probation. He was also ordered to pay $46,782 restitution to nine parties.

Therens still faces charges in Moose Jaw and Regina.

In June 2007, university staff discovered the breach of their computerized student credit card information when someone filled the paper supply in an empty printer and the machine resumed a 300-page print job that had been abandoned the night before, according to an agreed statement of facts presented by Parker.

Therens had obtained 47 pages before the printer ran out of paper. Each page contained the detailed credit card information of 12 students.

Read more on TheStarPhoenix.com.

Related posts:

  • Forbes Breach Email Statistics
  • Bluefield University cyberattack affects employees, students, and some students’ parents (2)
Category: Breach IncidentsBusiness SectorEducation SectorHackID TheftMalwareNon-U.S.OtherUnauthorized Access

Post navigation

← Patient Advocacy Groups Urge Greater Focus on Patients' Choice and Privacy Rights in Health-Reform Debate
Pointer: TJX Hacker Was Awash in Cash; His Penniless Coder Faces Prison →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud
  • Swiss Health Foundation Radix Hit by Cyberattack Affecting Federal Data
  • Russian hackers get 7 and 5 years in prison for large-scale cyber attacks with ransomware, over 60 million euros in bitcoins seized
  • Bolton Walk-In Clinic patient data leak locked down (finally!)
  • 50 Customers of French Bank Hit by Insider SIM Swap Scam
  • Ontario health agency atHome ordered to inform 200,000 patients of March data breach
  • Fact-Checking Claims By Cybernews: The 16 Billion Record Data Breach That Wasn’t
  • Horizon Healthcare RCM discloses ransomware attack in December
  • Disgruntled IT Worker Jailed for Cyber Attack, Huddersfield
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
  • Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
  • New Jersey Issues Draft Privacy Regulations: The New
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.