Sue Reisinger writes on Corporate Counsel: In financial data breaches, timing is almost everything. On June 13 a federal court held Comerica Bank liable for data breach losses even though it notified the customer and stopped all account activity within six hours. Two days later Citigroup Inc. was explaining why it took nearly a month…
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Former JPMorgan Chase Banker Pleads Guilty to ID Theft
The press release from Manhattan District Attorney Vance: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of HAO “HOWIE” WANG, 28, for stealing more than $1.1 million from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPMC”) and stealing the identities of four victims. WANG pled guilty to Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Identity…
(Follow-up) Hacker Sentenced In Virginia to 10 Years In Prison For Stealing 675,000 Credit Card Numbers Leading To $36 Million In Losses
Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, of Lithonia, Ga., was sentenced today to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in Alexandria, Va., for trafficking in counterfeit credit cards and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern…
Ca: No investigation of Regina doctor by College of Physicians and Surgeons yet
Patrick Book reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan is taking a wait-and-see approach on a massive privacy breach. Regina’s Dr. Teik Im Ooi was accused by Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner Gary Dickson of failing to protect a patients’ privacy after 25 boxes of private records turned up in a recycling bin earlier this…
UK to AU: Stolen credit and debit details emailed across the world
Matt Dunn reports: More than 1500 credit and debit card details stolen in Britain were emailed to Australia to be placed on blank Crown and Coles Myer cards and used to fleece major banks, a court has heard. Victoria Police seized a computer at an Endeavour Hills address and found 27 draft emails sent from…
Hackers reveal personal data of Colombian police officials
Adriaan Alsema reports: Hackers announced Wednesday they had sent spam bombs to some 250 officials of Colombia’s national Police and revealed personal data of employees of the National Police inviting the public to harass the officials. In a statement published online, the hackers thanked the National Police “for keeping us submitted and trampled.” In the same statement,…