Judith Germano follows up on a post by FTC Assistant Mark Eichorn on what to expect if the FTC comes calling after a breach. Germano writes, in part: The Department of Justice has been reaching out for years to assist victims of data breaches. Indeed, many times it is the government who informs a company that…
Month: May 2015
Thousands of people’s stolen credit card info found on suspect’s computers
Peter Surowski reports: A San Bernardino man who investigators say had thousands of people’s credit card information on his computers has been arrested. Serob Frenkyan, 42, was arrested on Thursday, May 21, on suspicion of identity theft, credit card fraud and being a felon with a gun, jail records show. Read more on The Press Enterprise.
Florida releases personal data on 13,000 people, issues ‘fraud’ alert
Steve Bousquet reports: For the second time in two months, Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has acknowledged it inadvertently released confidential personal data of private citizens, prompting the state to offer free credit monitoring services to protect people from being victims of identity theft. The Department of State said it released names, dates of birth and…
Former Kwiktax employee sentenced for tax refund fraud
Valorie Shaw has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $309,834 for conspiring to file false claims. Shaw, 38, of Oakland, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2015, to conspiracy to file false claims. Shaw was employed as a tax return preparer at “Kwiktax” for three years. Prior to working…
Update on Sterne Agee Group laptop breach
Last July – and I missed this one at the time – Stan Diel reported; A laptop computer including some Sterne Agee Group Inc. clients’ account numbers, Social Security numbers and other personal information has been missing since the end of May and the firm has offered some customers free identity theft protection services as a result, a…
Anon Coders take control of Kentucky GOP’s site; says expect more
Brad Bowman reports: The international hacking group, Anon Coders, still had control of the Republican Party of Kentucky’s website until about 11 a.m. Tuesday and told The State Journal they did it to spread the message not all Muslims are terrorists. RPK Chairman Steve Robertson said the website went down sometime Saturday afternoon and as…