Following up on a case reported previously: Gabriel Camara, 36, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Camara and a co-conspirator, Nicole Ward, paid servers at several local restaurants to capture customers’ credit card numbers on skimmers, officials said. The stolen information was then given to others…
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Maine: Student SSN Collection for Tracking On Hold After Data Breach
I’ve previously covered the new law in Maine that asks parents to provide their children’s Social Security Numbers so that the state can track the students. A number of school boards had the wisdom to write to the parents and basically say, “Look, we have to ask you for it, but we encourage you to…
Maryland Court: Employees Who Steal Data from the Company Computer Do Not Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Nick Ackerman of Dorsey & Whitney LLP has a nice write-up on a Maryland court decision that although it doesn’t deal with PII, does deal with whether an employee can be found guilty of “unauthorized access:” A federal district court in Maryland held that an employee who stole proprietary data from his prior employer did not…
India amends telecom rules over security fears
India’s Department of Telecommunications has amended the telecom licensing rules for national and international long-distance operators, asking them to address security concerns on their networks. Telecom companies offering national and international long-distance communications services must now have a “well-outlined organizational policy on security and security management of their networks and shall be completely and totally…
UK: Police quiz 19 over £6m Zeus-related online banking fraud
Hi-tech crime police were today questioning 19 people suspected of orchestrating a multimillion-pound attack on British bank accounts. Up to £6 million has been taken from online accounts in just three months by a gang of computer hackers. They used a virus known as “zeus” to infect computers and capture the passwords and other sensitive…
Confidential files found in drug raid were ‘job applications, Victoria Police
Earlier today I read an article on a security breach involving the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO). During a drug raid in Melbourne, the police had discovered intelligence and police files. Believing that it was a security breach involving intelligence but not necessarily PII, I didn’t cover it here. Now it turns out that the…