This entry updates a breach story previously covered at http://www.databreaches.net/?p=16029. WJHG/News7 reports: Panama City – Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen issued an update Monday in the investigation regarding the fraudulent use of debit and credit cards from multiple area credit unions and banks. […] Investigators have discovered that nearly all the victims have made transactions…
Category: ID Theft
MN: Cyber crime trail leads to Winona State students
Dan Browning reports: A U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigation dubbed “Operation eMule” has led federal agents to a pair of 22-year-old foreign-exchange students in Winona who are suspected to be part of a sophisticated cyber crime ring based in Vietnam that has been misusing the identities of countless Americans to bilk online retailers out…
KCI notifies some patients that employee misused their payment cards
On December 21, KCI (Kinetic Concepts, Inc.) Health Care Compliance notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach involving fraud. An employee in their Texas call center with authorized access to a database containing customers’ payment card data had reportedly misused the information of “several” customers to make purchases in the San Antonio area….
Customers of Sierra Madre gas station victims of ID theft
About 80 customers of a Sierra Madre gas station have had their identities stolen, and police sought more victims Thursday, officials said. The alleged identity thefts took place over the past month at EVG Quality Gas, at Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre police Sgt. Joe Ortiz said. Read more on svgtribune.com
Another reminder of the risks of unsecured Wi-Fi
Even though the threat has long been recognized, I can’t remember the last time I saw a case of ID theft from war driving. Here’s one out of Santa Barbara, California: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department says it has arrested an identity thief who bilked several local residents out of at least $158,000. […]…
ID thieves zero in on home equity lines of credit
Dan Browning reports: Burnsville resident Mike Calcutt says he was stunned last March when he learned that someone had run up nearly $90,000 in unauthorized charges on his home equity line of credit account at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. His shock turned to anger when the credit union informed him that he’d have to…