A recent federal indictment alleges that three Minnesotans used stolen identification information to create counterfeit checks to obtain cash and items from financial institutions and retail outlets. The indictment, which was filed Tuesday, charges Kari Lynn Goodman, 40 of Savage, and Nathan Allen Miller, 26 of Isanti, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses…
Author: Dissent
Ie: Details of 500,000 GAA members compromised
The GAA [Gaelic Athletic Association – Dissent] has confirmed that the personal details of over 500,000 members have been compromised following a data breach. Servasport, which maintains the GAA database, revealed that there had been ‘unauthorised access’ to its database. The database contains the names and addresses of 501,786 members. Details include 288,511 dates of…
Louisiana man sentenced for role in debit card ring; over 2000 victims
Amon Rashad Peoples, 24, of Mer Rouge, La., was sentenced to a total of 111 months in prison for access devise fraud, aggravated identity theft, and attempted bank fraud, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced yesterday. Peoples was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $93,966.79 and was also sentenced to 5 years…
WI: UW-Madison warns 60,000 of old ID card data hack
Samara Kalk Derby reports about a newly revealed breach involving the University of Wisconsin – Madison: Records with the names and identification card numbers of 60,000 people affiliated with UW-Madison were hacked into, compromising Social Security numbers. UW-Madison became aware of the problem Oct. 26 and notified the mostly former students, faculty and staff members…
Texas Sold Babies' Blood to Pentagon & Private Firms, Class of Parents Says
Cameron Langford reports: Texas illegally “sold, trade, bartered and distributed” babies’ blood to private companies and the Pentagon without asking or telling their parents, after taking the blood as part of Texas’ “mandatory newborn screening program,” parents claim in a federal class action. Blood from 8,800 babies was sold or traded for lab equipment from…
NC Judge: Hospital Employees Must Get Flu Shot
Can’t say that I’m surprised by this one. Here’s the outcome of a workplace case mentioned previously on this blog: The fight over flu shots at Anderson Area Medical Center is over and an employee who filed suit to keep the hospital from firing her if she didn’t get a shot has a deadline. The judge…