George Gombossy reports: AT&T is now admitting that one of its service providers hacked illegally into at least five Connecticut customers’ accounts. The admission, in a letter Thursday to the Connecticut Attorney General’s office, comes after months of denial by AT&T that it could have had anything to do with two security breaches of a…
Category: ID Theft
Stealing kids’ identities: Miami-Dade schools sleaze
Francisco Alvarado reports: Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a security problem — and we’re not talking bad locks on the local elementary school’s front door. Student information has fallen repeatedly into thieving hands, and the latest lapse comes from an especially embarrassing accused perp: Tizrah Ingram-Johnson, daughter of the late black leader and former school…
Fun Publications Admits To Security Breach, Apologizes for Inconvenience
Peter Van reports: Fun Publications has sent out a message to all Transformers Club members this weekend notifying the members that there was indeed a security breach related to their e-commerce database. In a written statement sent to members, Brian Savage says that “Fun Publications has determined that there is a security issue with our…
Defense challenges restitution amount in fraud case
Dave Kolpack of Associated Press reports that a Nigerian convicted in a massive ID theft and fraud scheme is challenging the amount of restitution the court had ordered: Attorneys for a Canadian man convicted in what investigators said was one of the largest credit card schemes in U.S. history tediously denied Wednesday that he owes…
OR: Ex-Burger King worker accused of stealing credit card, bank info
Police say they have identified nearly 30 people who had their credit card information stolen by a former fast food employee. Andrey Mudryak was arraigned in Multnomah County court Wednesday morning after he was arrested on an outstanding warrant. Gresham police say Mudryak used to work the overnight shift at a Burger King on Southeast…
WI: more Weather Shield tax fraud cases are expected
Since April 2011, I’ve been noting reports of ID theft involving employees of Weather Shield in Wisconsin. Now more cases are being reported this month. A still unknown number of Weather Shield employees at the Ladysmith plant – seven on one day alone last week – have reported cases of federal fraud and identity theft…