More than 100,000 patients who take drugs to prevent blood clots are at risk of identity theft. An employee of Alere Home Monitoring, Inc. had the patient data on a laptop that was stolen. The computer file contained the names, Social Security numbers, addresses and diagnoses of patients who take anticoagulant drugs such as warfarin…
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Maryland man sentenced for credit card fraud scheme
Mohammed Keita, age 42, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced yesterday to 76 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in a credit card fraud scheme resulting in over $135,000 in losses. Keita was also ordered to forfeit and pay restitution of $136,838.30. Keita was convicted by a federal jury on August…
Maryland man pleads guilty to misusing information stolen from clients of a residential mental health program
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland on November 8: Christopher Andre Devine, age 33; of Salisbury, Maryland, Frederica, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to use the personal identifying information of individuals to open bank accounts and fraudulently…
Labelmaster notifies customers after e-commerce site hacked
American Labelmark Company (dba Labelmaster) recently reported an intrusion involving their e-commerce site (labelmaster.com) that affected customers’ names, addresses, and credit card numbers and expiration dates. In a letter dated October 17 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Dwight Curtis reported that on September 12, TrustWave confirmed that they had suffered a breach involving…
Bob Ward & Sons notifies online customers of security breach (updated)
Montana-based Bob Ward & Sons report that customers who ordered online between May 31 and August 3 had their names, addresses, and credit card information acquired by unauthorized individuals who used at least some of the data for fraudulent purposes. In a letter dated October 23 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Chad Ward…
Blizzard Responds To Class Action Lawsuit Over Security Concerns
Erik Kain of Forbes has Blizzard’s response to the lawsuit mentioned previously on this blog. He seems to be as skeptical about the lawsuit’s chances of success as I am.