WFTV reports: A 24-year-old man was arrested Thursday on charges of possession of credit card-making equipment, fraudulent use of scanning device, unlawful possession of personal identification information and possession of a firearm by a felon, said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Chadd Thomason, 24, was arrested following a search warrant at his home on…
Month: April 2015
The Inside Story Of How Pakistan Took Down One of the FBI’s Most Wanted Cybercriminals
Eric Markowitz reports: Just before dawn on Feb. 14, in a quiet residential suburb of Karachi, Pakistan’s chief cybersecurity officer, Mir Mazhar Jabbar, stood silently outside the home of Noor Aziz Uddin — a man the FBI calls one of its “most wanted” cybercriminals. Jabbar knocked. Standing behind Jabbar was a team of local Karachi…
Former lab technician at Children’s Heart Center Nevada arrested in suspected ID theft case (UPDATED)
Ricardo Torres reports: A lab technician at the Children’s Heart Center Nevada who had access to patient files containing personal information was arrested two months ago on suspicion of identity theft, the center’s attorney said Friday. Read more on the Las Vegas Review-Journal. CHCN issued a statement on their website today that says, in part:…
Auburn University notifying over 360,000 current and former students of breach
Oops. Auburn University discovered that students’ personal information – names, postal and email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and students’ academic information – was exposed on the Internet between September 1, 2014 and March 2, 2015 when they discovered the problem. No financial information, bank account or payment card information was involved. While the university…
FL: Convicted felon hijacks charity – and the state can’t stop it?
Adam Walser reports that a former volunteer at the non-profit Kingdom Purpose, Teach One Reach One after-school program was allegedly able to hijack ownership of the charity by altering public information on the Florida Department of State sunbiz.org website. And there’s little the Department of State says they can do about it. The former volunteer, Sabrina Miller-White, who had been convicted on…
Virginia Beach reports bank security breach
Kathy Hieatt reports: The city is investigating a security breach into its bank accounts, including at least one with more than $50 million, according to a news release this afternoon. Two city employees who are not with the Treasurer’s Office had access to the city’s Bank of America checking accounts from home, according to the…