Neeraj Chauhan of TNN reports: In what is being termed as the biggest international hacking scandal, possibly involving corporates, associations and big individuals, coordinated raids were conducted by investigative agencies in India, China and Romania, on the basis of intelligence fromFederal Bureau of Investigation about the “organised hacking” happening in three countries and others. In India, the Central Bureau…
Month: January 2014
Second Sentara Nurses Aide Sentenced For Conspiracy To Defraud The Government
There’s an update to a breach first reported on this blog in August 2013. Festus Ighalo, 37, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the government. Dana J. Boente, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Thomas J. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge,…
Target to offer Canadian customers free credit monitoring services
So it seems that the deal Target cut with Experian wasn’t available to Target’s customers in Canada. Not surprisingly, some Target customers there politely complained. Now Target has cut a deal with Equifax so that Canadian customers can also get free services. Canadian customers should go to Equifax.com and enter the code you will have…
IL: Belvidere Culver’s employee charged with identity theft, 80 victims
A Belvidere Culver‘s assistant manager was arrested Tuesday for stealing the credit and debit card numbers of customers while working the drive-thru window. Curtis Peck, 28, of Rockford was charged with two counts of identity theft, a Class 4 felony punishable by one to three years in prison. Belvidere Police saw an increase in identify…
CT: Tax forms for 27,000 people contain the personal info of others
Ah, the reports of printing and mailing errors on tax forms are starting a bit early this year. Rob Polansky reports: The Connecticut Department of Labor said Friday that tax forms mailed to 27,000 individuals contained information related to other taxpayers. The department admitted the printing error on the 1099-G forms for people who collected…
KY: Data security & breach notification bill sails through House committee
Kevin Wheatley reports: A bill that would improve electronic safeguards at state agencies, including notifying affected individuals of data breaches, flew through a House committee Thursday. The House State Government Committee unanimously passed House Bill 5, which boasts 74 co-sponsors and has been pushed by Kentucky Auditor Adam Edelen after his office released an audit…