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UK: Boomerang Rentals customers report fraudulent card charges (Update 2)

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Dissent

And for Tuesday’s edition of “How Not to Handle a Reported Breach,” we give you….. (drum roll)…. Boomerang Rentals. John Leyden of The Register provides a recap of what happened when customers started expressing concerns about fraudulent charges on cards they had on file with the video game rental service. Neil Bolt of PSU also…

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Feds still unraveling extent of tax fraud in Miami Dade College student accounts

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Dissent

Jay Weaver reports: A tipster walked into the FBI’s South Florida office a few years ago to complain that young cyber criminals in the North Miami area were using something called a “key” in street lingo to steal people’s identities. That key, FBI agents would soon figure out, was really a combination of names, birth…

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Banks: Card Breach at Some Chick-fil-A’s

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Sources at several U.S. financial institutions say they have traced a pattern of credit card fraud back to accounts that all were used at different Chick-fil-A fast food restaurants around the country. Chick-fil-A told KrebsOnSecurity that it has received similar reports and is working with IT security firms and law enforcement in an ongoing…

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GA: Resident charged with 116 counts of ID fraud

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Dissent

Ben Nelms reports: A Tyrone woman has been charged with 116 counts of financial identity fraud after selling the personal information of members of Georgia National Guard unit where she was employed. Tierney A. Walker, 22, of Village Green Circle, was charged with 116 counts of financial identity fraud, according to Fayette County Sheriff Barry…

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IN: AG Zoeller, Sen. Merritt propose legislation to protect Hoosiers from identity theft, data breaches

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Dissent

Press release: In response to growing concerns about online privacy and data protection, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today announced a legislative proposal to provide greater safeguards of Hoosiers’ personal and financial information online. Zoeller’s proposal has three main components aimed at providing stricter requirements for the safe storage of sensitive data, reducing harm to…

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Staples Provides Update on Data Security Incident: 1.6M potentially affected

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Dissent

From their press release: FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) today gave an update on the investigation into its previously announced data security incident involving a small percentage of its retail point-of-sale systems. Staples’ data security experts detected that criminals deployed malware to some point-of-sale systems at 115 of its more than 1,400 U.S. retail…

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