Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final settlement order with entertainment operation Dave & Busters. The final order settles charges that the company failed to secure customers’ sensitive credit and debit card information, resulting in several hundred thousand dollars in fraudulent charges. The FTC vote approving the final order…
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Ex-LA Social Worker Charged In $1M Tax Return Scam
A former Los Angeles County social services worker has been charged with filing bogus tax returns using indigent clients’ identities to obtain $1 million in tax refunds. The U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday that Trang Van Dinh was indicted on 11 counts of identity theft and 11 counts of making false claims to the United…
Another Small Company Takes a Financial Hit on the Cyber Chin
Matthew Gardiner writes: Similar to the case of Hillary Machinery that I previously blogged about, another small company, DKG Enterprises, has recently taken a nearly $100K hit from cyber thieves. Very simply the thieves stole the corporate controller’s banking credentials, fraudulently transferred money to multiple mules, and voila, goodbye $100K. The headline of the KrebsonSecurity…
CO: Credit card fraud rising Havasu residents reporting more cases each year
Jayne Hanson reports: A credit card fraud phenomenon sweeping the nation has caused concern for Lake Havasu City Police Department’s white-collar crimes experts. […] “What we are seeing is some new type of activity,” said Lake Havasu City Police Det. Scott Cheshire. When merchants use virtual credit card systems to batch charges at the end…
Crooks Steal $644,000 from NYC Department of Education
Michael Cheek reports: Hackers have defrauded the New York City’s Department of Education of more than $644,000 by targeting an online bank account used to manage petty cash expenditures, according to investigators. The Department of Education’s bank account with JPMorgan Chase was supposed to have a $500 limit but, due to an oversight, any amount…
Penn State warns of more cyber-breaches
An ongoing cyber-security sweep at Penn State found the Social Security numbers of another 25,000 individuals may have been exposed due to infected computers. The university said there is no evidence the data had been accessed after the computers were hit by malicious software, though individuals affected by the breach have been notified as required…