Bob Brewin alerts us to another new resource on data breaches: Today the Veterans Affairs Department started posting online its monthly data breach reports as part of its ongoing transparency thing, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told a press briefing this morning. He said the latest report (for July) might not make it to…
Author: Dissent
FL: Romanian man accused of stealing credit card numbers
A 31-year-old Romanian man is accused of stealing credit card data from at least 18 people and racking up $11,696 in charges at a Land O’Lakes Target store. Mircea C. Ciornei, of 3804 Olde Lanark Drive in Land O’Lakes, was arrested Tuesday. The investigation was done by the Florida Department of Financial Services. Several calls…
Massive credit card fraud ring suspected in Abbotsford
Kelly Sinoski reports: Abbotsford Police suspect a fraud ring is operating in the Fraser Valley city, after collecting 20,000 credit cards and card-making equipment in three separate incidents in the past three weeks. One arrest has already made and police are investigating to determine whether the incidents are linked. “From our small town, indications are…
Alleged International Credit Card Trafficker Arrested in France on U.S. Charges Related to Sale of Stolen Card Data
An international credit card trafficker thought to be one of the most prolific sellers of stolen data was arrested in Nice, France, on Aug. 7, 2010, on charges in an indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia. Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, 27, aka “BadB” of Moscow, Russia, was indicted by a…
Portland psychologists’ laptop stolen with confidential info (updated)
From KGW in Oregon: A Portland psychologist who has seen thousands of patients over the years put out a warning Tuesday night after his laptop computer was stolen. The computer contained social security numbers, names and diagnosis information. It was stolen from Dr. David Gostnell’s car last month. Some of his former patients were already…
Ca: Hospital faces privacy probe
Kris Ketonen reports: Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is being investigated by the province‘s privacy commissioner after copies of medical records containing patient information turned up on north-side city streets last week. The copies of pharmacy orders – containing the names of patients and their doctors, as well as prescription, allergy and progress information…