Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Five people were indicted this week on wire fraud and other criminal charges stemming from a 2007 cybertheft in which nearly $450,000 was stolen from the bank accounts of the city of Carson, Calif. […] The alleged thieves used valid login credentials to access the city’s bank account and initiate both the…
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UK: 1000 data breaches reported to the ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued a press release and summary analysis of breaches: With the number of breaches involving people’s personal information reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reaching 1000, the privacy watchdog is urging organisations to minimise the risk of mistakes. Staff need simple procedures on how to handle personal information with appropriate…
FL: AT&T Info Dumped In Local’s Recycle Bin
As I noted earlier this month in discussing ABC’s coverage of firms just dumping paper records without shredding them, Florida law doesn’t seem to prohibit such disposal. Now there’s another story out of Florida, this one covered by News4Jax, that also involves improper disposal of personal and financial information on hundreds of people: Jessica Menendez…
Class Sues Over Infant Blood Sampling in B.C.
Darryl Greer reports: A mother has filed a class action accusing British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority of collecting blood samples from every infant born in B.C. and the Yukon since 1999 without permission. Natalie Docherty and her two children, identified as L.D. and E.D., say the agency collected blood samples from the infants before…
WARNING: American Express fails miserably at basic security (with update)
When Joe Damato looked under the hood of American Express Network’s Daily Wish sign-up form, he wasn’t happy: The Daily Wish sign up form from the American Express Network is sending credit card numbers, expiration dates, and all the other personal information on the sign up form in the clear back to their server. Holy….
Edmonton travel agency owner charged in scam
Cigdem Iltan reports: The owner of a southeast Edmonton travel agency has been charged with allegedly using stored credit card data to fraudulently take $50,000 from his customers. Gurmeet Singh Mankoo, Payless Travel’s owner, has been charged with a series of alleged frauds that took place at the business between late 2009 and early 2010….