Jaikumar Vijayan provides some interesting details on yesterday’s indictments over on Computerworld. Jai reports: All of the individuals charged in the U.S. so far are from Russia and East European countries and were either money mules who helped transfer stolen money out of the U.S., or individuals who managed or recruited them. Most of those charged…
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Man linked to stolen bank data found dead in Swiss prison
Reuters is reporting: A man held in connection with client data stolen from a bank and sold to German tax authorities has been found dead in prison, Swiss authorities said on Friday. The 42-year-old man was found dead in his cell at Berne regional prison at around 0430 GMT on Wednesday, police said. “Findings so…
More on the Johns Hopkins Hospital-related indictments
Yesterday, when indictments were announced in an ID theft case involving a former employee of Johns Hopkins Hospital, I contacted the hospital to ask whether this was an incident that we had previous knowledge about in the media or blogosphere or if it was news to us. A spokesperson for the hospital just emailed me the…
Staring into the abyss: how many breaches go unreported?
While compiling data breach reports submitted to Maine a few months ago, one of the things I discovered (no pun intended), was that Discover submits batched reports to at least two states. Their reports indicate how many Discover card members are affected by the incidents, but their logs don’t provide much detail about the incidents…
One way to avoid lawsuits over risk of future harm?
I recently posed the question about when three years of credit monitoring might not be enough. As it turns out, deciding what to offer those affected by a breach may be a bit easier in light of a new offering from Debix called AfterCare™. Although I generally avoid blogging about commercial products, the timing of this…
Canada’s pursuit of tax cheats starts with stolen data
AFP reports that Canada is joining the ranks of countries who are using data stolen from HSBC by an employee to pursue tax cheats: Canada will “aggressively” pursue tax evaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday after France provided his government a list of hundreds of secret offshore accounts held by Canadians. “This government will…