The Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund were reportedly the victims of a “highly sophisticated computer security breach by an unauthorized outside party” where the motive for the breach may not have been personal information. In a letter to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office dated April 30, CAP’s General…
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Computer admin sentenced for hacking LifeGift
The former director of information technology for a non-profit organ and tissue donation center was sentenced today to two years in prison for hacking into her former employer’s computer network. Danielle Duann, 51, of Houston, pleaded guilty on April 30, 2009, to a one-count criminal indictment charging her with unauthorized computer access. Duann was sentenced…
Court Upholds Illinois Abortion Notification Law
The 7th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a latent Illinois law requiring doctors to notify the parents of teenage girls seeking abortions, calling it “a permissible attempt to help a young woman make an informed choice about whether to have an abortion.” In a case spanning nearly 25 years, a group of physicians challenged the Illinois…
Wachovia teller accused of stealing info
A Hampton woman stands charged in Williamsburg of using her Wachovia bank teller position to access customer information and open fraudulent credit card accounts in their names for a commission. On the severity scale of identity theft — a crime the Federal Trade Commission says victimizes nine million Americans each year — the case involving…
Man stole identities from prison inmates
He had at least five names, but just one that belonged to him. The others, authorities say, he stole with exquisite skill and confounding cunning from prison inmates in Mississippi. Then Johnny Peden, a balding, smooth-talking 45-year-old, used those names to steal and steal, investigators say, concocting one of the most elaborate and long-running one-man…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A medical student at Saint Joseph College from Nigeria, was charged June 29 in federal court with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft affecting 80 victims. Cambridge police arrested Wayne Deleveaux for using government accounts from Mount Auburn Hospital to fraudulently buy hundreds of BlackBerry Storms last week. He reportedly had…