Electronics retailer Small Dog Electronics has suffered from a systems breach that left 3000 customers’ credit card details compromised. The data theft, which left the credit card details exposed from late December to almost the end of January, used a security hole in the in-house web application that had been developed to manage Smalldog’s ecommerce…
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(follow-up) MN: Second person busted in case of stolen credit card data
Paul Walsh reports: A Cottage Grove woman turned herself in several days after police circulated surveillance photos of her as a suspect in a case of credit-card “skimming” that netted victims in the Twin Cities area and beyond. The woman, 21, gave herself up Tuesday afternoon at West St. Paul police headquarters, said Lt. Brian…
Ca: Massive Windsor debit card scam even took credit union CEO Charles Janisse for $480
Sonja Puzic reports: No one was immune to the massive debit card fraud scheme that rattled Windsor over the weekend — not even the CEO of a local credit union. Charles Janisse, CEO of the Motor City Credit Union, was among hundreds of victims who’ve had money stolen from their bank accounts through automated teller…
Microsoft Examining If Web Users Saw Others’ Accounts (Update2)
Dina Bass reports: Microsoft Corp., whose Internet- identification service was partly shut down for an hour this morning, is looking into reports that a “limited number” of customers were able to gain access to other users’ accounts. The breach occurred when users were trying to get into their own accounts using a mobile-phone Web browser,…
MT: Gateway woman pleads guilty to fraud, ID theft
A Gallatin Gateway woman pleaded guilty in federal court last week to credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. Erin Lee Stewart, 50, faces a possible 10 years in prison and three years probation for stealing at least five people’s identities and defrauding them of more than $6,800, according to a statement from the U.S….
St. Petersburg telemarketer eavesdropped to steal credit card numbers, authorities say
Katie Sanders and Kameel Stanley report: A St. Petersburg man has been charged with stealing customers’ credit card numbers from a marketing company he worked for to buy nearly $30,000 in dinners, limos and other luxuries. After a four-month investigation, deputies arrested Christopher Albert Fregapane, 25, of 4544 40th Ave. N on a felony charge…