Add Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy to those reporting breaches this month. The Forth Worth- based business learned in July that some former attendees had received spam e-mails that appeared to originate from them. On investigation, they discovered that someone had obtained information from an older database that contained email addresses and credit card numbers of…
Month: August 2013
IE: TK Maxx man ‘sold credit card details’ to gang
Skimming customers’ credit cards may be easy, but memorizing the numbers? That’s somewhat impressive. A major probe has been launched after a TK Maxx shop worker allegedly stole credit card details and passed them to a gang. The Irish Mirror has learned the shop assistant has been interviewed by gardai about the alleged theft of…
Alabama state employee sentenced for role in tax refund fraud scheme
Chequlia Motley of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced Tuesday to serve 36 months in prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr. Motley pleaded guilty to those charges in May 2013. According…
NYC: Two Pret A Manger workers in Chelsea stole 100 customers’ information using credit card skimmers: officials
Shayna Jacobs reports: Two ex-employees at Pret A Manger allegedly took a big bite out of customer’s wallets. Nigel McCollum, 22, and his gal pal Lenica Greene, 23, were hit with a massive indictment for stealing the identities of at least 100 customers through credit card skimmers, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Read more on NY…
HHS settles with Affinity Health Plan in photocopier breach case
From HHS: Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Affinity Health Plan, Inc. will settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules for $1,215,780. Affinity Health Plan is a not-for-profit managed care plan serving the New York metropolitan area….
Cn: 18 held in information theft crackdown
Ke Jiayun provides more details on part of a recent crackdown and arrests for sale of personal information. Here’s an example of how the data were misused to scam people: A suspected information seller, surnamed Li, was held in Anxi County in Fujian Province over a telecom scam operation. Parents in Songjiang District told police…