Elad Benari reports: A hackers’ site bearing the name of Hizbullah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in 2008, published on Wednesday databases that were stolen from the Israeli storage company Webgate and which include personal information and credit card numbers of Israelis. Channel 10 News reported that, in addition to the credit card numbers,…
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Wave House Athletic Club employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info
A follow-up to an insider ID theft case mentioned last month: Christopher Polley changed his plea to guilty and faces between 180 days and a year in jail when he is sentenced Sept. 6, according to News10.com While working at the Wave House Athletic Club from May 2010 through January of this year, the defendant…
Steamboat’s Ski Corp. accidentally releases employee data
Steamboat Today reports: Current and former Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. employees were notified by mail last week about the accidental release of personal information. According the letter, Ski Corp. officials learned July 13 that current and former employee W-2 information — including names, addresses, social security numbers and payroll information — was emailed to…
GM notifying more than 800 workers of personal information breach
Melissa Burden reports: General Motors Co. said Friday that 883 active and retired GM workers may have had their personal information exposed — including Social Security numbers — after a GM employee copied personal information just before retiring in May. “GM has completed an investigation of this incident and is contacting the affected individuals to…
LinkedIn reportedly spent nearly $1 million already to fix security breach (updated)
Gene Ryan Briones reports: Following the hapless security infraction that LinkedIn experienced two months ago, the company is now saying that it has spent a huge amount of money to fix the problem. Fresh from its earnings call today, LinkedIn CFO Steve Sordello said that the company has spent between $500,000 and $1 million on…
SC: Tax Preparer Tosses Sensitive Record in Dumpster
Graeme Moore reports: A tax preparer who closed her business three years ago tossed several boxes of old records, some of which contained sensitive personal information. The records were found Thursday morning in a recycling bin off Fernwood-Glendale Road behind the old Ingles supermarket in Spartanburg. While most of the documents were just invoices, investigators…