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Former Car Dealership Employee Sentenced for her Participation in a Stolen Identity Tax Fraud Scheme

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dissent

A Jensen Beach resident was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for her participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme. Micheline Eppolito, 29, of Jensen Beach, was previously convicted at trial of one count of possessing fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, affecting interstate commerce, in violation…

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ID: Accounting firm Presnell Gage reports data security breach

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dissent

The Lewiston Tribune reports: The personal information of Presnell Gage Accounting and Consulting clients may have been accessed without authorization during a recent data security breach, according to a company news release. A small percentage of clients had fraudulent tax returns filed without their authorization, according to a news release from the Lewiston-based company. Presnell…

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An unprotected database containing personal customer data of thousands of off-grid electricity customers was accessible for months.

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: Thousands of remote villagers in Guatemala and South Africa are living off the grid, but their personal information isn’t. Chris Vickery, lead security researcher of the MacKeeper security research team, discovered an unprotected database with no password over two months ago. Anyone who knew the database was there could access more than…

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Class Claims St. Jude Pacemakers Can Be Hacked

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dissent

From the you’re-not-really-surprised-by-this-are-you? dept., Don DeBenedictis reports: In a class action that sounds like a Tom Clancy novel, a patient claims that pacemakers and other implanted heart devices sold by St. Jude Medical can be attacked by hackers to steal personal information and even harm patients. Clinton W. Ross Jr. claims that several lines of…

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Benecard 3rd Circ. Win Is Latest Setback For Hack Victims

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Dissent

Allison Grande reports: The Third Circuit recently refused to allow Benecard Inc. employees and customers to proceed with negligence and breach of contract claims against the company in the wake of a data breach, creating a new obstacle for those pursuing data security class actions against employers and service providers in the absence of clear…

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Tens of Thousands of Infowars Accounts Hacked (UPDATED)

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports: Tens of thousands of subscriber accounts for media company Infowars are being traded in the digital underground. Infowars, created by famed radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, produces radio, documentaries and written pieces. The dumped data relates to Prison Planet TV, which gives paying subscribers access to a variety of Infowars content….

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