Sarah Smith reports: A well-known Park Rapids surveyor faces felony theft charges in a case that has elements of competitive espionage to it. Thomas Michael Miller, 64, has been charged with downloading the database of Arro Land Surveyors, LLC, his former employer, and taking it, a client list and other information to Lindow Surveying &…
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Follow-up: Kinetic Concepts’ notification to employees
Earlier this month I linked to a media report about a breach at Kinetic Concepts involving an email attachment containing personal info on employees. A copy of their notification to affected employees is now available on the website of the New Hampshire Attorney General.
Lost in transit, Thursday edition
Through its lawyers, Rhode Island-based Benefit Concepts, Inc. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a package containing employee payroll checks and a CD with copies of the payroll checks went missing. According to the notification letter, their vendor, CompuPay, had sent the package on July 19 via FedEx and it should have…
Van Dyke’s Restorers notifies customers of potential disclosure of info
Bear with me, folks, because this one is a bit confusing. I am looking at an undated letter to customers that Van Dyke’s Restorers sent out, but there is no attached report or cover letter to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office that has been posted online. Vermont’s site indicates a date of August 8,…
Burglary at SanDiegoFit.com office: computer with customer data stolen
Through their lawyers at Foley & Lardner, SanDiegoFit.com, an online women’s apparel site, reported that on August 30, there was a burglary at their locked, alarm-protected building that resulted in the theft of a computer containing customer data. In its notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office dated September 10, the company reported that…
Update: Roseville credit-card fraud traced to one restaurant
Bill Lindelof reports: Hundreds of local cases in which thieves have collected credit-card numbers and used them to fraudulently make purchases have been traced to customers who frequented one Roseville restaurant, police said today. Roseville police said that hundreds of credit-card numbers were compromised at Paul Martin’s American Bistro. Read more on the Sacramento Bee….