Lynne Jones reports: Authorities are looking for a former nursing home worker after an 98 year old resident’s identity was stolen. Investigators with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Identity Theft Unit believe Jacqueline Anne Lumpkin, 48, of Birmingham used the stolen identity to obtain more than $5,000 dollars worth of goods and services. Three warrants…
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MS: Credit card fraud suspects sought
From the please-retrain-the-employees-dept: Metro Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for tips leading to the location and arrest of two suspects involved in several credit card purchasing scams committed in the Hattiesburg area – the most recent on Jan. 5 at Hattiesburg Cycles in the 6400 block of U.S. 49. Suspects entered the business,…
Ca: Five more arrested in debit card ring
Alex Cooper reports: Durham Region police arrested five more men yesterday in connection with a debit card skimming ring that has been operating in the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal areas, police said today. […] At the bail hearing Dec. 3, five more suspects — who attended court to support the seven accused — were also…
OH: CCS Employees’ Personal Info Found During Police Raid
Columbus City Schools experienced a security breach, resulting in employees’ Social Security numbers being at risk. A raid conducted by Columbus police Thursday turned up the Social Security numbers of 80 to 100 CCS employees, NBC 4‘s Lauren Diedrich reported. The information was part of a mailing that appears to have been intercepted while en…
The World Bank’s Data Breach, And Its Sorry Follow-Up
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…
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…