Missing Link Network, the e-commerce provider for a number of wineries, notified its clients on May 27th of a breach that occurred between April 1 and April 30. The breach resulted in the attacker gaining access to customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and payment card data. Affected clients include (links go to their notification…
Category: ID Theft
In: OlaCabs hacked, credit card info accessed; company denies data breach
Shruti Dhapola reports: A hacker group by the name Team Unknown has claimed that they successfully hacked into OlaCabs and managed to get access to sensitive information like credit-card history, vouchers, user behaviour. Ola has denied these claims. According to the post, which was shared on Reddit, the hackers put out snapshots which showcased credit cards…
Eataly payment card breach spanned 3 months; NYC customers offered credit monitoring services
Eataly, the high-end Italian food market that announced a payment system breach provided additional details in an update: Eataly NY, LLC (“Eataly”) recently became aware of a personal information security incident possibly affecting certain individuals who made a payment card purchase at the Eataly NYC Retail Marketplace, located at 200 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (the “NYC…
AR: Medical assistant pleads guilty to aggravated identity theft
Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Wednesday that Mesha White, age 34, of Little Rock, appeared before United States District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright on June 3, 2015, and pled guilty to an indictment charging her with aggravated identity theft. In April 2014, a federal grand jury returned…
Broward Resident Sentenced for his Role in Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Credit Card Numbers
This is a follow-up on a case originally covered on PHIprivacy.net. As I noted in that coverage, the prosecution never revealed the name of the medical office/provider from whom patient identity information was stolen. They still don’t: A Broward resident was sentenced to 34 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and…
Seven Sacramento Residents Indicted for Identity and Mail Theft Scheme
A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment today against seven Sacramento residents, charging them with conspiracy, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The indictment alleges that co-defendants Steven Khamkeuanekeo, 33, Kay Lee, 26, Chee Yang, 27, Frank Her, 36, Amy Her, 33,…