Adam Brandolph reports that a breach involving University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employees is bigger than initially reported: As many as 322 UPMC employees — 300 more than initially reported — have been affected by a data breach and identity theft scheme, the hospital system said on Thursday. Authorities said the breach allowed someone…
Category: ID Theft
RI: AG Kilmartin Legislation Would Give Victims of Data Breaches One Free Year of Credit Monitoring
Citing the increasing rate in which consumers information is compromised due to data breaches at companies, Attorney General Kilmartin has authored legislation that would, among other things, require that entities who disclose a breach to a victim who is a Rhode Island resident must provide one year of credit monitoring at no cost to the…
Former Capital One teller sentenced for stealing customer information
Associated Press reports: A bank teller who conspired to use customers’ information to order fraudulent checks and steal money their accounts has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Twenty-four-year-old Jayad Zainab Ester Conteh of Glenarden was also ordered to pay more than $36,000 in restitution at sentencing Tuesday in federal court in…
First American Bank Reports Data Breach in Chicago Taxis
First American Bank has filed a complaint with the City of Chicago following reports of a data breach involving customer debit cards used in taxis in the city. The banking company, based in Elk Grove Village, is advising customers not to use debit cards, or any other cards, in local taxis and has filed a…
Sands Update: Hackers stole personal information of tens of thousands of Pennsylvania casino patrons
Hannah Dreier of Associated Press reports: Computer hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of Las Vegas Sands customers during a data breach earlier this month, the casino company said Friday. The company said in a regulatory filing that information about some patrons at its Bethlehem, Pa., hotel-casino was compromised during the Feb….
Florida Woman Arrested On Identity Theft And Tax Fraud Charges, Found in Possession of Identity Info of 700
Tia Lashonda Miller, 39, of West Palm Beach, was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of unauthorized access devices, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(3), and five counts of aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1)). Miller made her initial appearance in court on Monday, February 24, 2014, before U.S. Magistrate…