More than two months after a break-in at Wheeler & Associates CPA, lawyers for the firm have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the incident. According to the letter dated March 8, computers and hard drives stolen during the break-in included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of an unspecified number of people. The…
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Email gaffe results in breach notifications by Randstad Professionals
Massachusetts-based Randstad Professionals recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security incident after an email error resulted in images of individuals’ 1099 forms being inadvertently attached to an email sent to one of their outside contractors. 1099 forms are federal forms that include a consultant’s name, address, Social Security Number, and wages…
IN: Burned tax documents found in alley
Abbey Doyle reports that burnt – but still readable – tax documents were found behind Instant Tax Service, 3735 Madison Ave., in Anderson, Indiana. Employees inside denied burning the documents, but the manager never returned calls from the paper. A look through papers found in the alley revealed copies of W-2 forms, complete with total…
CA: 200 ID Theft Cases Traced to Burger Joint
Sam Cohen reports: Vacaville investigators are asking diners of a burger restaurant to check their bank statements following a string of identity thefts. Almost 200 people have been identified as victims in this identity theft case. Cops were first alerted to it in early March, and traced the credit card number thefts back to Nation’s…
TX: Confidential tax documents litter neighborhood
Jonathan Betz of WFAA in Texas reports that a Fort Worth neighborhood was littered with dozens of tax documents containing names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. Nearly all said they had their taxes prepared at a North Dallas tax service. An employee there told News 8 he was aware of the security breach, and blamed…
Credit unions issue warnings on debit cards
There’s been a breach somewhere…. but we don’t know which merchant yet. King Ring and Bill Fortier report from Massachusetts: Customers of two local credit unions are being warned to keep a close eye on accounts linked to their debit cards after some apparently fraudulent activity was noticed. Both GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner…