Henry K. Lee reports: A third suspect has been charged for his role in a gas pump-skimming operation that was uncovered in Martinez and victimized customers throughout Northern California, authorities said Wednesday. Edwin Hamazaspyan, 31, is facing identity theft and conspiracy charges along with David Karapetyan, 31, and Zhirayr Zamanyan, 30, all of Los Angeles. The three…
Category: Business Sector
A Rochester credit union cancels 3,700 cards following ALDI breach
Earlier today, I noted that ALDI had notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that 8,000 Maryland residents might be affected by the recent security breach they experienced. Also today, 13WHAM in New York reported that ESL Federal Credit Union has blocked activity on the credit/debit cards of approximately 3,700 customers because of the breach breach. ESL…
Encryption didn’t prevent this breach
A report to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office from ING gave me pause because I don’t remember ever seeing a security issue like this before in a breach report. In their notification, ING writes (emphasis added by me): ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (RLIC) is responsible for premium administration for RLIC insurance products purchased by employees of…
Stolen Trade Center Management Associates employee data triggered homeland security concerns
In June, Trade Center Management Associates in Washington, D.C. became aware that employee data had been stolen from a TCMA facility. Employee information on the stolen equipment included names, SSN, and in some cases, fingerprints. Among those with data on the device were 284 Maryland residents. The TCMA describes itself as a private sector…
Update: State Farm employee was selling client data
I’ve previously noted that some state logs (like NYS’s) indicated that State Farm had reported some insider wrongdoing. Their notification to Maryland, dated June 24, provides additional details. According to their letter, an employee of a Florida State Farm agent was discovered to be selling lists of customer information to a third party. State Farm…
Verizon Wireless hacked
On August 4, Verizon Wireless notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a security incident. According to their letter, an investigation revealed that sometime between February 8 and May 19, 2010, someone unrelated to Verizon Wireless accessed a system containing some customer information. The types of customer information that the intruder could have accessed included…