Kathy Kristof reports on a story that should make everyone who banks online think about whether they, too, are at risk: …. Seven years ago, Fan Bao opened a checking account at Bank of America to facilitate his small import-export business called ZICO USA. When he needed to wire money, he or his wife, Cathy…
Month: February 2010
UK: NHS appraisal toolkit yanked offline
John Leyden reports: The UK’s Department of Health has taken the highly unusual step of suddenly taking a doctors’ appraisal website offline for three weeks over concerns it was vulnerable to hacking attacks. The NHS Appraisal Toolkit was taken down on Tuesday (9 February) and is not expected to return until 3 March. The site…
MN: Counterfeit credit card defendant pleads guilty
James Walsh reports: Like dominos down the line from the first one tipped, federal investigators expect Wednesday’s guilty plea by a Fridley man to bring down an international counterfeit credit card scheme headquartered here in the Twin Cities. Olayemi Lateef Banjoko pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, but he is…
Two arrested in Texas on access device fraud charges
Two Mexican nationals have been arrested and charged with access device fraud after more than 53 allegedly counterfeit credit cards in the name of others were discovered by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents as the two attempted to enter the United States from Mexico, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. A federal criminal…
Former WellPoint employee pleads guilty to mail fraud, ID theft
Nora R. Dannehy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Angelique Mullings, also known as “Angelique Eubanks,” “Angelique Scott,” “Angelique Mullins,” “Angelique Sales” and “Angelique Salis,” 39, of West Haven, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Christopher F. Droney in Hartford to one count…
Email marketers reporting breaches
Last week, this site reported that a vendor used by Breach Security was investigating a possible security breach involving contact names and email addresses used for marketing purposes. Now it appears that at least two email marketing vendors have recently reported breaches where the target may have been the database of names and email addresses….