KTLA reports: A Fountain Valley pizza delivery man is accused of stealing credit card information from his customers to buy products on-line which he would then sell on Ebay, according to Costa Mesa police. 23 year old Jason Le Tran has been charged with grand theft and identity theft. […] Detectives say Tran, a Domino’s…
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Computer Hacker Fugitive Extradited for Cybercrimes Relating to VOIP Telephone Services
A Venezuelan citizen arrested in Mexico last February on hacking and wire fraud charges has been extradited and is expected to appear in court today in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, announced. Edwin Pena, 26, is scheduled to appear today at 2 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Claire C. Cecchi for an initial…
WI: Fabric store customers warned of debit card fraud
Liz Welter reports: Officials are alerting residents that debit/credit cards used at two central Wisconsin fabric stores during late August and early September might have been compromised. During the weekend, numerous complaints came into law enforcement agencies in Wood and Portage counties reporting fraudulent activity on debit cards that appear to be automated teller machine…
Big-Box Breach: The Inside Story of Wal-Mart’s Hacker Attack
Kim Zetter reports: Wal-Mart was the victim of a serious security breach in 2005 and 2006 in which hackers targeted the development team in charge of the chain’s point-of-sale system and siphoned source code and other sensitive data to a computer in Eastern Europe, Wired.com has learned. Internal documents reveal for the first time that…
Expert provides more proof hackers hijacked Hotmail accounts
Gregg Keizer reports: It’s almost certain that hackers obtained the Hotmail passwords that leaked to the Internet through a botnet-based attack, a researcher said today as she provided more proof that Microsoft’s explanation was probably off-base. “When I look at the infamous list of 10,000 Hotmail accounts, it just does not appear to be cataloged…
UK: Firms ‘mishandle sensitive data’
About a third of UK employees throw sensitive documents in the bin instead of shredding them, research suggests. The study also found almost three-quarters of workers felt their organisations could do more to protect their customers’ sensitive information. The data was compiled for National Identity Fraud Prevention Week. Identity fraud costs the UK more than…