A husband and wife who owned a short-lived restaurant in Bakersfield have been indicted by a Fresno federal grand jury. Alia Christine Brost, 35, and Roberto Renteria Jr., 33, of Bakersfield, are accused in a 29-count indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and access device (credit card) fraud. According to the indictment,…
Author: Dissent
Florida's Gov. Rick Scott signs bill into law for prescription monitoring database
Janet Zink and Justin George report that Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that creates a prescription drug monitoring database. As is often the case, the intentions are good – to stem a growing problem with the abuse of prescription painkillers. But as is also often the case, the database poses privacy and security…
Important Information about a Ravelry Security Breach
Via DataLossDB.org: From: “Ravelry” Date: Jun 6, 2011 2:41 AM Subject: Important information about a security breach at Ravelry.com To: [redacted] (Wondering if this email is real? You can also see a similar notice by logging in to Ravelry.com) *Important Information about a Ravelry Security Breach* Dear Ravelry member, An attacker recently managed to break…
MN: Three sentenced for stealing identities, obtaining more than $150,000 from victims
Last Friday in federal court, a 34-year-old Maplewood woman was sentenced for her role in a scheme that was using the names and personal identification information of others on fraudulent checks resulting in a total attempted loss of more than $300,000. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Nou Thao to time already…
Scotiabank loses CDs with customer bank accounts, social insurance numbers
Mary Gazze of The Canadian Press reports: Scotiabank says it will use digital locks on data discs after three CDs containing unencrypted information, such as customer social insurance and account numbers, were lost in its internal mail system. The bank said a “small percentage” of customers are affected, but it is warning clients as a…
UK: Doctors asked to identify potential terrorists under government plans
Alan Travis reports: Doctors and other health professionals will be asked to identify people who are “vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism” as part of the government’s redrawn counter-terrorism programme to be detailed on Tuesday. […] One “key message” of the document is that it is not a programme to spy on Muslim communities, but…