Another installment of an ID theft scheme previously covered on this site and phiprivacy.net. TBO reports: A Tampa woman has been sentenced to 11½ years in federal prison for her role in a stolen identity scheme that used medical records from area hospitals and other sources. Eneshia Carlyle pleaded guilty Nov. 26 to wire fraud…
Month: July 2015
Home Depot asks court to dismiss financial institutions’ lawsuit over data breach
David Allison reports that Home Depot is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by financial institutions by arguing that the financial institutions haven’t demonstrated any concrete injury traceable to Home Depot: Home Depot goes to on say that “No individual bank alleges any harm that it specifically incurred as a result of the Home Depot data breach, and…
Bitstamp Incident Report (February, 2015)
From the introduction of the report: This is a confidential report prepared by George Frost, General Counsel of Bitstamp Limited (“Bitstamp” or the “the Company”). This report includes information gleaned from Bitstamp’s own records (including contemporaneous emails, forensic evidence and witness interviews), and derived from ongoing investigative reporting provided by the Stroz Friedberg private investigative…
Hacker snaffles Plex’s privates, demands ransom or he’ll bare ALL
Kat Hall reports: Hackers have accessed the forum and blog server of TV software biz Plex, gaining access to IP addresses, private messages, emails and encrypted forum passwords. As a response, Plex is requiring customers to change their passwords. In a security update sent to customers yesterday, Plex said: Sadly, we became aware this afternoon…
Major Workers’ Comp Insurers Hacked Legal Files, Class Claims
Mike Heuer reports: Major worker’s compensation insurers, including a Berkshire Hathaway company, hacked into thousands of confidential legal files to save money on judgments and settlements, an Angeleno claims in a federal class action. Hector Casillas claims the insurers “hacked into privileged and confidential litigation files of thousands of individuals litigating worker’s compensation cases against them….
College student tops Brazilian banking malware creator list
Charlie Osborne reports: A 20-year-old college student living in Brazil has developed and distributed over 100 Trojans tailored to steal financial information worth roughly $300 each, researchers say. The Trend Micro security team says a student from Tocantins, Brazil, has become one of the country’s top banking malware creators. The Computer Science student goes under the alias…