Jonathan D. Epstein reports: A debit-card security breach at a discount grocery chain that operates in 11 states is costing Five Star Bank as much as $850,000 in fraud losses. Financial Institutions, the Warsaw-based parent of the bank, expects to suffer a pretax loss of about $750,000 to $850,000 in the fourth quarter in connection…
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Salerooms across UK hit by major credit card fraud
Police are appealing for help after a swathe of established regional salerooms were hit by a major credit card fraud last month. Victims are now recommending the adoption of a new protocol for regional auctioneers when conducting ‘cardholder not present’ credit card transactions. The case is the most serious of its type in recent memory….
Multiple businesses compromised in Capitol Hill?
Another small development in the rash of credit card fraud cases and attempts to transfer business funds in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. So far, only the Broadway Grill has been named as a point of compromise. As reported previously, not only are their customers affected but their own bank accounts were accessed to…
IN: Salvager finds personnel files in trash
Phil Sanchez reports: He thought it was trash, but it turned out to be a whole lot more.A file cabinet filled with dozens of files containing people’s personal information was dumped in a dumpster behind a Shelbyville gas station. A teenager found it last week. His father called police and 24-Hour News 8. “It’s metal,…
Capitol Hill credit card fraud wave tied to Broadway Grill
jseattle continues to provide updates to a rash of fraud reports in the area: The investigation into more than 100 reported cases of credit card fraud across Capitol Hill has identified a Broadway restaurant as one “point of interest.” Like the victims who have had their bank and credit accounts hit for fraudulent charges in…
Laptop stolen from Bare Escentual employee puts employee data at risk
Bare Escentuals of San Francisco has been notifying some current and former employees this week that a laptop stolen from an employee contained their names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and some salary information. By letter dated Nov. 1 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the firm said that they had “recently” become aware of…