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Update: Cleveland debit card spree getting bigger as more than 1 dozen banks, credit unions affected

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Dissent

More on a breach reported previously on this blog, from Teresa Dixon Murray of the Plain Dealer, who has been all over this breach for the past few weeks: The local debit card fraud breach that was discovered last month is much wider than first realized, striking just about every major bank in the area…

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GA: Sandy Springs man charged with ID theft

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Dissent

David Ibata reports: A Sandy Springs man is in Fulton County Jail, charged with more than 100 counts of identity theft, after police investigating the odor of burning marijuana discovered much more than pot in the man’s apartment, authorities said. […] Investigators spotted a notebook containing people’s names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and PIN…

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OR: Portland-area debit card fraud could be related to Michaels PIN skimming

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Dissent

A rash of card fraud reports over the weekend in Beaverton, Oregon may be linked to the breach of some Michaels Stores. Brent Hunsberger reports: A number of Portland-area residents reported their debit cards either were compromised or canceled suddenly over the weekend, and Beaverton police said at least one case was related to a…

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UK: Computer expert at centre of credit card scam is jailed

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Dissent

Chris Osuh reports: A crooked IT expert at the centre of a major credit card scam kitted out a shop with his ill-gotten gains. Fraudster Syed Tirmizi traded the personal banking details of unsuspecting customers with online criminals, hoarded equipment for making bogus credit cards, and made a string of purchases using other people’s money….

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(follow-up) Ireland to extradite “Boards.ie hacker”?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Dissent

Back in January 2010, this blog lined to a report that Boards.ie had been hacked.  Irish tech lawyer and professor TJ McIntyre notes that additional information on the breach was subsequently published on Boards.ie and the following month,  The Sunday Times reported: The hacker has already used stolen passwords and email addresses to access credit…

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One rash of fraud – or two? No one’s telling the customers who have been victimized.

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Dissent

A reader alerted me to some recent reports out of Ohio about a rash – or rashes? – of card fraud. Teresa Dixon Murray reported on the situation at the beginning of the month: Art Bowker received a call last weekend from his credit union about a suspicious charge on his debit card. Did he…

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