Elizabeth Bush reports: The list of victims of debit/credit card fraud on Daniel Island is growing. Both island residents and island employees have been affected. City of Charleston Police and the Charleston office of the United States Secret Service are now investigating the string of cases. After an article on the subject appeared in last…
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IL: Some Soy Capital debit cards compromised
Allison Petty reports: Officials at Soy Capital Bank and Trust are working to get customers their money back after an unknown number of debit cards were compromised over the weekend. The bank was one of five Midwest financial institutions where some MasterCard-issued debit cards received fraudulent charges, said bank President Leon Hinton. The charges began…
Web leaders urge global pact on data security
Georgina Prodhan and Leila Abboud report: Internet executives meeting in Paris will urge G8 leaders to adopt an international approach to protecting users’ personal data but will recommend leaving the thorny issue of copyright protection largely to national governments, according to a draft communiqué seen by Reuters. The so-called eG8 forum, which has attracted Internet…
BofA Breach: ‘A Big, Scary Story’
Tracy Kitten reports: An internal breach at U.S. financial giant Bank of America shows how some corporations do not focus enough attention on mitigating internal fraud risks. According to news reports, a BofA employee with access to accountholder information allegedly leaked personally identifiable information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, bank account…
ID Theft Ring Targets MCS Students
WREG reports: Memphis Police charged 32 year old Erin Crutcher and 25-year-old Melissa Harris with identity theft trafficking. They’re accused of stealing the names, dates of birth, and social security numbers of hundreds of Memphis City School students. Now, Special Agent in Charge Rick Harlow says, the case has been transferred to the Secret Service….
Prison Medical Records: A Source of Medical Discoveries? Or a Privacy Issue?
Michael Ono reports: It sounds like something out of science fiction — doctors using a cache of prisoner health records to produce medical breakthroughs for the betterment of society. But it’s not. Medical researchers across the country are eager to sift through electronic health data in hope of finding future health benefits. And in an…