A popular Rock Hill restaurant is the one common thread in a growing number of credit card fraud cases. … So far, more than 30 patrons have reported unexplained charges on their credit cards from states around the Southeast. The victims all ate at Michael’s Rock Hill Grille from Sept. 16 through Nov. 2, with…
Category: ID Theft
Your personal data in the wrong hands
Fabio Assolini of Kaspersky writes: What happens when all of your personal data is readily available for use by a cybercriminal? Last November we published a blog talking about Brazilian phishing attacks that displayed the victims’ CPF numbers – the Natural Persons Register, the equivalent of a Social Security Number used by the Brazilian government to…
(update) ID Thefts On The Rise In Butte
Stephanie Barish of NBC provides an update on an as yet unexplained rash of card fraud in Butte, Montana: Swipe and beware. The number of identity thefts in Butte are on the rise. In fact, a staggering 175 people are now part of the scam. “We are cooperating with the Secret Service in investigating the…
GBI investigates police data theft
Jim Wallace reports for WALB in Georgia: A Dougherty County Sheriff’s deputy is accused of stealing the identity of an inmate. Sheriff Kevin Sproul says there could be more people involved in the crime and possibly more victims. The GBI [Georgia Bureau of Investigation] continues to investigate. Dougherty County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Tharpe, a nearly…
Hacked iTunes accounts taken off China e-commerce site
Michael Kan reports the latest on a situation previously covered on this blog. The sale of hacked iTunes accounts in China has been dealt a blow as the Chinese online retailer Taobao.com has decided to remove all product listings relating to the sale of the stolen accounts. Taobao, China’s largest online retailer with 370 million…
CA: Two sentenced for gas station identity thefts
To follow up on a case previously covered on this blog in March and October, this report from Mark Anderson of the Sacramento Bee: A gang that used card readers to skim personal information at gas station card readers in Northern California was busted for identity theft, and two of the four were sentenced to…