American Barcode and RFID, Inc. have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that a customer web site at Scansmart.com was hacked. In its August 14 letter to customers who purchased products from their Scansmart.com division, the company wrote that during the last week of July, they had discovered that computer hackers had illegally accessed the…
Category: Business Sector
Normandeau Associates reports theft and recovery of stolen laptop
Normandeau Associates, an environmental consulting firm based in New Hampshire, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of the theft of a laptop with an encrypted employee database. The theft occurred in 2008, and the laptop was recovered in February 2009, but Normandeau did not learn of the problem until June 2009, at which point they…
Administrative services provider holding databases hostage – law firms
Courthouse News reports: A group of law firms that offer advice to debtors says a company it hired to provide administrative services took $9 million in profits and is holding sensitive client records hostage. Persels & Associates, of Towson, Md. dba Consumer Law Associates and Legal Advice Line, sued My Professional Advice in Baltimore County…
Gonzalez pleads guilty, sentenced to 15-25 years
The Associated Press has reported that Albert Gonzalez has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors filed in Boston on Friday, Albert Gonzalez would serve a sentence of 15 to 25 years after pleading guilty to a 19-count indictment. He would also…
Guardsmark employee records: tossed or stolen?
More than 100 employee files containing sensitive information, like social security numbers and fingerprints, were dropped off at First Coast News by a person claiming to be a janitor. That person said the files were in the trash at Guardsmark, a security company in Jacksonville. However, a company official said the files are stolen. Read…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Michael E. Rohrer has been charged with grand theft and identity fraud for allegedly stealing the credit card numbers of at least three people while working at Kettering Animal Hospital Inc. More. More. As a follow-up to a case previously reported on this site, Dawn Philbin, the Saint Anthony Hospital worker…