Personal information belonging to more than a million Oregonians could be in the hands of criminals, deputies say. Sheriff’s detectives arrested Tim Nuss on April 28 in east Multnomah County. They say he had access to an old Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles database. Spokesman David House says the DMV database was once sold to…
Category: ID Theft
(update) Michaels Stores finds tampered PIN pads in 20 states
As noted yesterday by Brian Krebs, the Michaels Store breach appears to be significantly larger than what was originally reported on May 4. NBC in Chicago reports: The Irving, Texas-based company reports it removed 7,200 PIN pads from stores as a precautionary measure. Of those removed, less than 90 devices (or 1percent of the total…
Michaels Stores breach bigger than first reported
Brian Krebs reports that a breach involving Michaels Stores is not just a Chicago-area breach but is affecting stores nationwide: Earlier this month, arts & crafts chain Michaels Stores disclosed that crooks had tampered with some point-of-sale devices at store registers in the Chicago area in a scheme to steal credit and debit card numbers and…
Identity fraud case has broader scope than first thought
Andrea Simmons reports on a case mentioned on this blog last month. … A simple investigation into a couple stolen checks has evolved into what Duluth authorities say is a wide-ranging tax fraud case involving Ford, three separate identity theft rings with half a dozen or more conspirators and upwards of 5,800 victims. […] After…
Michaels Alerts Customers of Potential Debit and Credit Card Fraud
From their press release: Michaels Stores, Inc. has learned that PIN pad tampering may have occurred in its Chicago-area stores and that customer credit and debit card information may have been compromised. The company was contacted this week by banking and law enforcement authorities after some fraudulent debit card transactions were reported over the weekend. Authorities…
(Follow-up) HI: Former beauty queen sentenced to 20 years in prison for ID theft
Minna Sugimoto reports: A former beauty queen who went on shopping sprees using the stolen identities of complete strangers was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday. Prosecutors sought a 30-year prison term for Susan Shaw, calling her a manipulative and cunning identity thief who went to great lengths to conceal her criminal activities and…