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Author: Dissent

WY: Kid Care CHIP Client Information Exposed Online

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) announced today an error has lead to potential online exposure of personal information provided by clients and applicants of the Wyoming Kid Care CHIP program. WDH Information Technology was notified Thursday that personal information of Kid Care clients was improperly appearing in Google search results. Thirty seconds upon receiving…

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Resident of India Pleads Guilty in International Online Brokerage “Hack, Pump and Dump” Scheme

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

A resident of India pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to “hack” into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Deborah K.R. Gilg…

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TX: Owner of DME storefront charged with health care fraud, ID theft

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

A federal grand jury has returned a 14-count superseding indictment charging Mento Nnana Kaluanya with health care fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from a $3.9 million health care fraud scheme, United States Attorney Tim Johnson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today. Kaluanya, 50, a Texas resident born in the Federal Republic of…

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The state of data security – or lack thereof – in NY school districts

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

Yesterday, I posted an item about a Lindenhurst school district audit that indicated that a school district’s funds had been illegally transferred back in 2007 and that the district had not detected the problem. Last month, a similar situation occurred with the Duanesburg School District, also in New York. Dee Alpert, publisher of The Special…

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Swiss Data Affair Could Pay Off Handsomely for Germany

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

The extent of tax evasion by a number of German citizens with Swiss bank accounts appears to be far wider than originally thought. As the German government prepares to fork out a considerable sum for a CD with information about Germans suspected of dodging taxes, a newspaper reports that tax authorities could recover up to…

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Heartland Payment Systems and Visa Inc. Announce Acceptance Rate of Over 97 Percent for Data Security Breach Settlement Agreement

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

From the press release: Financial institutions representing more than 97 percent of eligible Visa-branded credit and debit cards have accepted the Alternative Recovery Offers they received pursuant to the settlement entered into by Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), Heartland Payment Systems® (NYSE: HPY) and Heartland’s sponsoring acquirers last month. This level of acceptance fulfills the 80 percent…

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