Mike Rosenberg reports: A former employee at a San Jose dental office will spend four years in prison for stealing personal information from patient records to create credit card accounts he used to buy Gucci watches and flat-screen TVs, authorities announced Tuesday. Nick Luu and five other members of an identity theft ring defrauded at least…
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(Update and Commentary): Why are states withholding the names of breached entities?
Yet another recent press release – this one from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut – shields the name of the breached entity: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATASHA SMITH, 25, of Georgia, formerly of Far Rockaway, New York, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday,…
Sony has gained over 3 million new PSN users since hack
Sony Corp. CEO Sir Howard Stringer has confirmed that the electronics giant has raked in an additional three million PlayStation Network accounts since the service was restored following the cyber attacks earlier this year. CNET reports that Stringer dropped the news during a presentation at the IFA electronics show in Berlin yesterday, where he asserted his belief…
Beijing Court Finds 21 Defendants Guilty of Criminal Privacy Violations
On August 5, 2011, the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court announced its decision in what is reported to be the largest criminal case to date involving the misuse of personal information in Beijing, China. The Court based its ruling on Article 7 of the Seventh Amendment to the Criminal Law, which applies to three types…
Borlas.net user data hacked and exposed
Seen at The Hacker News: Division Hackers Crew hack the Database of Borlas.net (Free SMS Site) . Hackers leak the usernames, Passwords, emails and phone numbers of 14800 registered users. Leaked database posted on pastenbin… Read more on The Hacker News
PA: 2 charged in $290,000 identity theft scheme (updated)
Michael Hinkelman reports: Two Philadelphia men, including an employee of a health insurance company, were charged today with stealing the identities of 86 people in a scheme that netted them nearly $290,000, federal authorities said. An indictment alleges that Kenneth C. Osbourne, Jr., 35, used his position as a customer service representative at AmeriHealth Administrators,…