Looks like Anonymous/#AntiSec massively hacked Stratfor, while mocking statements the firm had made. The hackers also dumped what may be their corporate subscribers list. In a tweet earlier today, @anonymousSabu wrote: stratfor.com “global intelligence” company owned and rm’d. Go to it now. See the defacement. Over 90k CCs from LEAs leaked. OUCH I have not yet…
Category: ID Theft
AL: Millbrook woman gets prison for student ID thefts
Here’s an update to a case involving a dishonest Electronic Data Systems employee. John Shryock reports: A Millbrook woman who was convicted in September of identity theft, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to make false claims for tax refunds learned her fate before a judge Wednesday. Janika Fernae Bates will serve just under…
CA: Help-desk employee who helped himself to co-worker’s information, sentenced to prison
United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Khris St. Ives Dulay Lu was sentenced in federal court in San Diego by United States District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, based upon his conviction for credit card fraud, in violation of…
NY: Ex-Federation Worker Charged in ID Theft Scam
A worker at UJA-Federation in New York allegedly led a $2 million identity theft ring that targeted top donors to the charitable organization, prosecutors announced Friday. Tracy Nelson, of Brooklyn, worked at UJA-Federation for more than two years processing donations until she was fired last summer as the thefts came to light, the Daily News…
Prosecutors: Hacker stole Seattleites’ credit card info for drug money
Levi Pullkinen reports: A Seattle grand jury has indicted a Maryland man accused of hacking into the credit card systems of several Seattle businesses and using stolen funds to fuel his heroin addiction. Currently in inpatient treatment for drug addition, 20-year-old Christopher A. Schroebel is facing federal hacking charges related to a string of high-tech…
Update to Restaurant Depot/Jetro breach
The recent Restaurant Depot/Jetro breach that I reported on Dec. 7 provides a timely example of the issue of unreimbursed harm that consumers grapple with on a daily basis. As I continue to follow media coverage on that breach, it is clear that not only is there financial impact of this breach (the hacked card numbers…