Scott Dance reports: Names and contact information of as many as 1,300 current and former Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering students were posted online Thursday, stolen by someone claiming to be part of the hacker group known as Anonymous. The server that was breached did not contain Social Security or credit card numbers, or any…
Month: March 2014
TD Bank employee pleads guilty in stolen identity tax fraud scheme
Now what was I saying about TD Bank having a lot of insider breaches? Tenisha Nkesha Francis, 32, of Lake Worth, and Ryan Michael Francis, 27, of Riviera Beach, pled guilty in federal court in Florida today for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for September 11, 2014 at 1:30 p.m….
Breach affecting University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employees bigger than initially reported
Adam Brandolph reports that a breach involving University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees is bigger than initially reported: As many as 322 UPMC employees — 300 more than initially reported — have been affected by a data breach and identity theft scheme, the hospital system said on Thursday. Authorities said the breach allowed someone…
NZ: Wintec shuts web site after security breach
Libby Wilson reports: She wanted to apply for a parking permit – instead Wintec student Bronwyn Fleet got the details of people who already had. The second-year student visited the application site in the student portal in January and was astounded when a list including names, contact numbers and car registration numbers appeared on the…
UK: Loan firm ‘Buy As You View’ promises probe after papers found in street
Paul Kelly reports: Red-faced bosses have apologised after papers outlining debts owed to a high-interest loan company by South Tynesiders were found discarded in the street. Liz Garlinge, 55, was leaving her home in Honeysuckle Avenue, West Harton, South Shields, when she saw the highly sensitive document lying on her drive. She was stunned to…
Follow-up: Former Tampa VA Medical Center Employee Sentenced
There’s a follow-up to the case of a former employee at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center who stole veterans’ personal information to obtain crack cocaine. The information was used by others for tax refund fraud. Lewis was indicted in July 2013. U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez-Covington sentenced David F. Lewis to 6…