Jonathan Betz of WFAA in Texas reports that a Fort Worth neighborhood was littered with dozens of tax documents containing names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. Nearly all said they had their taxes prepared at a North Dallas tax service. An employee there told News 8 he was aware of the security breach, and blamed…
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Thousands in Europe Faced Theft by Phuket ATM ‘Skim Scam’ Gang
Pathomporn Kaenkrachang reports: Four tourists from Romania have been accused of perpetrating an ATM credit card scam that stretched from London to Latvia and on to Thailand, delivering them 100 million baht and involving the theft of about 7000 credit card details. The four appeared today at Phuket’s Tourist Police HQ. One, Bogdan Constantin Ene,…
Credit unions issue warnings on debit cards
There’s been a breach somewhere…. but we don’t know which merchant yet. King Ring and Bill Fortier report from Massachusetts: Customers of two local credit unions are being warned to keep a close eye on accounts linked to their debit cards after some apparently fraudulent activity was noticed. Both GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner…
Bank detains customer after his account was used for N3m fraud
A news report from The Nation in Nigeria tells the sad tale of a customer of BankPHB in Nigeria and how he was the victim of rogue bank employees who used his bank account for fraudulent purposes. When the customer tried – repeatedly – to get his account sorted out with bank officials, he wound…
Walgreen accused of selling patient data
This must be the month to sue major pharmaceutical chains for allegedly selling patient prescription information. First it was CVS. Now it’s Walgreen. Reuters Legal reports: A lawsuit filed in California this week accuses national drug-store chain Walgreen Co of unlawfully selling medical information gleaned from patient prescriptions, another front in the battle over personal…
Identity data of Texas Children’s doctors used in scam (updated)
In a follow-up to a breach reported last month on this blog, Brian Rogers reports: A Pearland man has been charged with identity theft in a scheme that used Social Security numbers of doctors and vendors at Texas Children’s Hospital to open more than 100 electricity accounts, prosecutors said. […] In court today, Assistant Harris…