KCRA reports that identity information of 356 Oakmont High School students and their parents was stolen when student transcripts were stolen from a guidance counselor’s car. The unnamed counselor had taken the transcripts home with her to work last month, and the transcripts belonged to students with last names beginning with P through Ta. KCRA reports that the…
Month: February 2016
PA: Shoulder-surfing identity thief sentenced to prison
Back in December, 2014, the Department of Justice reported that in July, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh had indicted Robert MacVittie and Jennifer MacVittie on charges of conspiracy, Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft. The couple was arrested in November, 2014, on charges that beginning around October 2013, they had used cell phone cameras to…
DayZ forums hacked, user info and passwords stolen
Andy Chalk reports: The DayZ development team tweeted on January 23 that its forums had suffered “an outside security breach,” and recommended that users change their passwords, “just in case.” Today it put out a more detailed and dire message, indicating that the situation is rather worse than it first appeared. “A security incident occurred on forums.dayzgame.com recently. According to…
NY: Woman charged with identity theft in misuse of co-workers’ information
I occasionally receive requests to remove an old article or redact people’s names. “I’ve done my time and am trying to turn my life around,” is the usual reason. And while I understand that, the policy of this site is NOT to remove old articles or redact names unless the person was acquitted. There is…
Second Tampa General Hospital employee charged in patient identity theft for tax refund fraud scheme
There’s an update to a case first noted on this site in July, 2013. The Tampa Tribune reports that Shakania Benton, 37, a former Tampa General Hospital unit coordinator for the hospital’s main operating room, has been indicted on charges she disclosed patient information in connection with a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme. Previously,…
5 laptops stolen from Alberta Health Services office in Edmonton (UPDATED)
CBC News reports that five laptops were stolen from the Edmonton offices of Alberta Health Services on the evening of January 25. Alberta Health Services confirmed the theft but did not say what information was on the devices. Police say no arrests have been made and the laptops have yet to be recovered. All AHS would say…