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…
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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,…
Videos from Health Privacy Summit Now Available
Organizers of the June 13th, D.C. Health Privacy Summit, “Getting IT Right: Protecting Patient Privacy in a Wired World” [http://www.healthprivacysummit.org], today announced the release of all videos from the Summit. Videos include all of the morning panel sessions, the keynote speakers, as well as the final session: “”Looking Forward – The 2012 Health Privacy Agenda” [http://www.healthprivacysummit.org/videos/session-5-looking-ahead-2012-health-privacy-agenda].”…
Franchises from at least three national pizza chains hacked (update2)
Scott Thomas Anderson reports: The rampant hacking of credit cards and ATM accounts that has hit Amador County is partly the result of “malicious software” installed at a Martell business, according to investigators from Amador County Sheriff’s office. Worse yet, six months of online victimization may not be over for some locals, particularly for those…