Yordan Kavaklov, 29, of Bulgaria, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. to serve over 4 years in federal prison on multiple felony charges for conspiring to steal the bank debit card numbers and passwords of over 200 individuals through the use of a skimming device the defendant connected…
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Hackers breach Warrick Co. bank accounts
Nicole DiDonato reports: Cyber thieves have recently hacked their way into dozens of online bank accounts in Warrick County. Investigators said that it happened to customers of People’s Saving and Trust Bank in Boonville (Indiana). The breach is not being done inside the bank itself, but rather to the company that services their customer’s debit…
RBS WorldPay downplays database hack reports
John Leyden reports: RBS WorldPay and a hacker are at loggerheads over the seriousness of a supposed breach on websites run by the payment processing firm. Security shortcomings – since blocked – on RBS WorldPay website exposed confidential information, including admin passwords and the contact details of partners, according to blog posts by Romanian hacker…
Hilton Grand Vacations uncertain whether customer data was viewed or compromised
On September 3, Hilton Grand Vacations notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that they … recently became aware that certain information submitted to Hilton Grand Vacations as part of credit applications or Vacation Introduction Program purchases may have been viewed by an unauthorized person. Although we do not know for certain, it is…
Hacker Gonzalez Pleads Guilty to 20 Charges
Grant Gross of IDG News Service reports: Hacker Albert Gonzalez, accused of masterminding the massive data thefts at BJ’s Wholesale Club, TJX and several other retailers, has pleaded guilty to 19 charges related to computer hacking and credit card fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, was a member of a…
Lax security left Georgia employees’ data vulnerable
Aaron Gould Sheinin reports: An audit of state government’s accounting office found lax computer security that left thousands of state employees’ personal information vulnerable to theft by hackers. No evidence was found that personal and financial information was stolen, according to the audit, released last week. But the report noted that weaknesses in the system…