According to a CBS news report, Platte Valley Bank issued the following release today: The VISA Fraud Control & Investigations has been notified of a confirmed network intrusion that has put VISA account numbers at risk. Platte Valley Bank received a VISA Alert Wednesday, January 21, 2009. As of Thursday morning, January 22nd, 388 of…
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Heartland breach raises questions about PCI standard’s effectiveness
Ellen Messmer reports: […] It’s not yet known if the Heartland data breach will count as the largest card heist ever. But some analysts say what is clear is that payment-card processors are under increasing attack, and that the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard that Visa and MasterCard require isn’t sufficient to ensure…
MD: Wicomico County Licensed Nurse Pled Guilty To Elderly’s Identity Theft
This morning, a Licensed Practical Nurse at a Salisbury retirement community pled guilty to stealing the identity of three elderly patients. At least one patient had Alzheimer’s disease and at least one patient has died since the thefts. Twenty-seven-year-old Tara Campbell, from Crisfield, pled guilty to one count of theft scheme over $500 and two…
KR: Man who cloned star’s phone arrested
The head of a private detective agency allegedly involved in the cloning of actress Jun Ji-hyun’s cell phone was arrested yesterday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the suspect, identified by the last name Kim, 39, duplicated the actress’s cell phone at the request of Sidus HQ, Jun’s management company. Kim allegedly received 6.4…
UK: Home Office guilty of data breach
The Home Office broke data protection laws when a contractor lost a memory stick with information on thousands of prisoners, a watchdog has ruled. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the Home Office must also sign a formal undertaking to improve its procedures for protecting data. A PA Consulting employee left the stick in an unlocked…
First Data confirms: STAR Network not breached
Over on The Breach Blog, Evan was as confused as I was by Forcht’s Bank notification and description of the breach involving their customers’ debit cards. Forcht had written to its customers on Jan. 12: We have just been informed by our debit card processor, STAR, that a retail merchant processor’s information who housed information…