Kim Zetter has a nice human-interest piece over on Threat Level about those involved in the TJX hack: Accused TJX hacker kingpin Albert Gonzalez called his credit card theft ring “Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin.” He spent $75,000 on a birthday party for himself and once complained that he had to manually count $340,000…
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Ca: Credit card fraud draws two-year sentence
Betty Ann Adams of TheStarPhoenix.com reports that Brandon Brian Therens, a newly graduated University of Saskatchewan student, pleaded guilty to hacking into the university’s computer in 2007 and downloading the credit card information of about 3,600 students. Therens also admitted to other frauds and thefts between May and October 2007: He stole hand-held wireless debit…
An Odyssey of Fraud
Brian Krebs has a good article on Security Fix today: Andy Kordopatis is the proprietor of Odyssey Bar, a modest watering hole in Pocatello, Idaho, a few blocks away from Idaho State University. Most of his customers pay for their drinks with cash, but about three times a day he receives a phone call from…
(Update) ND: Stolen laptop contained donors’ financial data
The Post and Courier provides some more information about a University of North Dakota breach that was originally reported in October 2008. John McDermott and the AP report: A computer that was swiped from a car in Charleston last year contained personal financial information on 84,000 University of North Dakota donors, it was disclosed this…
Bits n’ Pieces
In the justice system: Richard J. Berger has been sentenced to for 13 months and ordered to repay about $130,000 after admitting that he illegally accessed insurance company computers at The Hartford and Sunlife Financial in a scheme to steal annuity clients. More. Julia Caldwell and Jacqueline Colbert, both Taco Bell of Laurel employees, have…
Stolen safe with Breakout Apparel customer checks recovered
I haven’t seen this in any media source, but the Wisconsin Office of Privacy Protection updated its site to report an incident involving Breakout Apparel Co. According to the site, a burglary occurred at the business and a safe with checks from customers along with cash was stolen. A total of 222 customers who paid…