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If you haven’t enabled the chip reader yet, fraudulent charges may not be reimbursed

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Dissent

I’m not really surprised by a story I read today, as I go to a lot of businesses that tell me they still haven’t enabled the chip reader on their Point of Sale (POS) systems, but this is the first time I’ve actually seen a report of a business penalized it for it by a bank….

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Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Pleads Guilty to Computer Hacking Crimes

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Dissent

As expected: Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” pleaded guilty today to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. In a statement of facts filed with his plea agreement, Lazar admitted that from at least October 2012 to January 2014, he intentionally gained…

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Four Army National Guardsmen Indicted in Two Fraud Schemes

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Dissent

Greenbelt, Maryland – Three guardsmen from the District of Columbia Army National Guard were indicted on charges arising from a scheme to use Bitcoin to buy stolen credit and debit card numbers from foreign websites, re-encode cards issued in their names with those stolen numbers, and then fraudulently purchase items at Army and Air Force Exchange…

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NY: Leader behind hospital ID theft ring takes plea deal

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Dissent

Rebecca Rosenberg reports an update to a case first noted in June, 2015: The leader of an identity theft ring that used stolen patient records purchased from a crooked hospital employee to pull off shopping sprees at major Manhattan department stores took a plea deal Monday. Fernando Salazar, 28, admitted to buying the records of 250 Montefiore…

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Operator Of Codeshop.su Extradited To The United States To Face Charges

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Dissent

On Friday, May 20, 2016, a complaint was unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging Djevair Ametovski, a Macedonian citizen also known as “codeshop,” “sindrom,” and “sindromx,” with crimes related to his operation of the website Codeshop.su, a website allegedly created for the sole purpose of selling illegally obtained credit and debit card data and personal…

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O’Charley’s suffers payment card network compromise, notifies customers

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Dissent

Dave Williams reports: Diners who ate at an O’Charley’s restaurant between March 18 and April 8 may have been affected by a data breach, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens warned Friday. Read more on Atlanta Business Chronicle. O’Charley’s statement, posted today on their web site, explains what happened and offers tips for guests to protect themselves. It appears that…

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