Jason Lewis reports: Sensitive Information about hundreds of children, including details of their behavioural problems, has been leaked on the internet after an alleged cyber attack on a company advising parents about applying for top independent schools. The security breach led to the publication of 1,367 private records, including the names and addresses of pupils…
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Georgia Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Crimes
A tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue (IRS) announced. According to court documents, Willie C. Grant is a former tax return preparer who used many of his former clients’…
Road Runner Safe Storage’s Security Breach (updated)
Seen on dslreports.com: “Dear Customer, We are writing to inform you of a recent security incident involving your Road Runner Safe Storage account, which may have exposed your password. Recently, an unauthorized third party accessed one of our databases. As soon as we learned of the attack, we limited all access to the database and…
Half a million credit cards stolen from Aussie business
Darren Pauli reports: An Eastern European crime syndicate has hacked into a small Australian business and stolen details of half a million credit cards from the company’s network. It was suspected the attack could result in more than $25 million in fraudulent transactions. The Australian Federal Police, together with foreign national law enforcement agencies, are…
Sega Japan Warns of SEGA ID Security Breach
Tristan Oliver writes: Special Correspondent Shayne Edwards of SonicRadio.Net alerted TSSZ to a security alert issued by Sega of Japan today for users of the SEGA ID system. The E-Mail, in Japanese, confirms attempts by “a malicious third party” to login to numerous SEGA ID accounts. It is not clear how the compromise happened, or what, if…
Former BPO employee arrested for credit card fraud
Another BPO/outsourcing breach involving an insider: A former BPO employee was arrested from his Southwest Delhi residence on Sunday for allegedly using stolen credit card details to make purchases worth Rs 11 lakh from an e-commerce website — mydala.com. […] Jha, police said, is a commerce graduate from Delhi University’s School of Open Learning and…