Bob Evans reports: The World Bank (annual IT budget about $250 million) has been hit by a range of data breaches, at least one of which involved info belonging to staffers. So a corporate guy overseeing IT has sent a flaccid memo to the whole organization. Take a look at the memo and ask yourself…
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HK: Gov’t staffer might have left confidential data on bus
Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department is following up on a possible case of confidential data leakage recently, according to a local media report. A person reported to the department that a USB thumb drive that stores internal guidance for the Hawker Control Teams of the department and personal information of some hawkers was…
IN: Student arrested in Chandigarh for online fraud
A 20-year-old student has been arrested on the charge of using credit cards of other people for online shopping, a police officer said here Friday. The student of hotel management, Sahil Sharma, is the son of a senior Haryana government official. His mother is a leading architect here. Sahil was arrested late Thursday evening after…
TX: HPD investigating massive credit card scam
Matthew Jackson reports: Huntsville Police began a massive investigation into an international fraud ring on Friday after arresting a Houston woman with more than 100 credit card numbers in her possession Thursday afternoon. [..] In the vehicle, officers found more evidence of fraud. “In her vehicle we found several typed pages of credit card numbers…
Woman jailed for American Express fraud
A 29-year-old former American Express employee has received a three year jail sentence after she was found guilty of paying for 121 luxury holidays with customers’ credit cards. […] For more than half a year, the woman booked holidays using the Platinum and Centurion cards of various wealthy American Express clients. She also took payment…
FL: Feds to take over probe of credit-, debit-card fraud
Federal authorities plan to take over an investigation into how credit- and debit-card numbers are being stolen and used to make purchases. There have been 50 to 60 victims locally, and they all have been patrons at Vallarta, a Mexican restaurant on Sorrento Road, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Ted Roy said. Roy said the victims’…