PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA – Following a six-day trial, a jury found Versiah M. Taylor, 33, and Tracy L. Collier, 48, guilty yesterday evening on multiple counts of tax fraud, wire fraud, and identity theft. Taylor and Collier are both from Panama City. Evidence presented at trial proved that between September 9, 2011, and August 15, 2012,…
Month: February 2014
Pointer: Company Chosen To Help Target, Neiman Marcus Customers Has Own Lengthy History Of Data Breaches
idRADAR has a lengthy piece on Experian’s data security breaches. The story, by Jeanne Price, includes references DataLossDB.org’s compilation of reports as well as this site’s coverage and the complaint I filed in my individual capacity against Experian with the FTC over their numerous breaches. You can read her report here.
Update on Midland ISD data theft
In the wake of the Midland ISD breach where 14,000 current and former students’ information was on hard drive stolen from an administrator’s car, I asked: Was the administrator violating any established policy or was there no policy in place that says, “Hey, dummy, don’t leave PII lying around?” It turns out there really wasn’t any…
St. Louis member of “Anonymous” sentenced for DDoS on Koch Industries subsidiary
Christopher Michael Sudlik, 22, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, 60 hours of community service, and ordered to pay $110,932.71 in restitution. The sentence was announced yesterday by James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Sudlik had previously pled guilty for participating in #OpWisconsin with other members…
MN: Olmsted Medical Center employee information breach (update 1)
Jenna Lohse reports: An investigation is underway after Olmsted Medical Center says somebody stole it’s employee’s personal information. Nobody from OMC would go on camera with us this afternoon. But we do know this is being treated as a criminal act and law enforcement, including the FBI, is now involved. A spokesman for Olmsted Medical Center says…
IL: Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center notifies 874 patients after OR schedules go missing
Shannon Antinori reports: Missing operating room schedules may have resulted in the disclosure of patient information for 874 people. Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center has notified patients about a potential leak of patient information — but said the accidental disclosure does not include financial information. “Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center has notified 874 patients about…