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Author: Dissent

(follow-up) Moscow gets tough on cybercrime as ID theft escalates

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Dissent

Joseph Menn reports: Russia has quietly arrested several suspects in one of the world’s biggest cyberbank thefts, raising hopes of a previously unseen level of official co-operation in a country that has been a haven for criminals. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)has detained suspects including Viktor Pleshchuk, an alleged mastermind behind a £6m (€6.6m,…

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Airport Worker Accused Of “Skimming” Credit Cards

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Dissent

CBS4 reports that an Orlando International Airport parking garage worker was skimming customers’ credit cards and then giving the info over to her boyfriend: On Friday police moved in an arrested 43-year-old Susanna Harutyunya. She now faces three counts of fraud. The thefts were discovered in December when a CitiBank investigator found that 17 separate…

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Firm denies hacking, stock manipulation charges

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Dissent

Elinor Mills reports: A Cyprus-based company accused of manipulating stocks on U.S. exchanges via compromised trading accounts denied the allegations on Friday, placing blame on “Russian swindlers.” A U.S. federal judge in New York agreed to freeze the assets of BroCo Investments on Tuesday, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint alleging…

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IRS security faults leave taxpayer information at risk

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Dissent

Michael Cooney reports: In this the heavy tax season where billions of dollars and tons of personal information is relayed to and from the government,  it’s more disconcerting to hear that the Internal Revenue Service is still struggling to keep private information secure. A report out today from watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office says…

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Prosecution expert: Hacker Albert Gonzalez does not have Asperger’s

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Dissent

Albert Gonzalez has less than one week to find out how many years he will spend in prison, and if the government has its way, it will be 25 years.  And as to the defense’s claims that Gonzalez should be shown some consideration in the sentencing guidelines due to Asperger’s Disorder, well, the prosecution expert…

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New 5/3 debit cards ‘safety precaution’

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Dissent

WOOD-TV reports: A security breach through a third-party payment company prompted Fifth Third Bank to send new debit cards to its customers as a safety precaution. Bank officials sent a letter to customers and said the debit cards may have been compromised, but other sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers, were not accessed. The…

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