I’m not sure that posting a breach notification on a Facebook page is sufficient when you also have a web site where you could post the announcement. Assuming everyone is on Facebook is risky. Case in point: Common Market in Union, Maine, posted this on their Facebook page on October 30. ATTENTION COMMON MARKET CUSTOMERS…
Category: ID Theft
KR: KAIST students’ credit card information stolen
Kim Se-jeong reports: More than a dozen students and faculty at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science Technology (KAIST) have had their credit card information stolen by a hacker who attempted to make payments in Japan, according to the school, Thursday. The school said that the number of victims was about 20, but the number…
Indictment in Atlanta charges three in E*TRADE, Scottrade ID theft and fraud scheme
Related to the big news out of Southern District of New York earlier today about the mega-hacking and fraud scheme that allegedly impacted financial institutions, stock prices, and online gambling casinos, another indictment was unsealed in Atlanta against two of the defendants: Three people were charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday in Atlanta with an…
Former North Bend Medical Center employee pleads guilty to identity theft
The World reports: Hundreds of charges against a former North Bend Medical Center employee were whittled down to 33, and she eventually pleaded guilty to 17. On April 5, 39-year-old Sarah Sluder was hit with more than 100 charges of tampering with drug records and more than 100 charges of forgery and aggravated identity theft when she…
Tulsa man arrested on 841 complaints of identity theft
Kyle Hinchey reports: A Tulsa man faces more than 800 counts of identify theft after deputies reportedly found hundreds of stolen identity documents at his residence in south Tulsa on Monday. Wisam Sam Hibri, 33, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on 841 counts of identity theft and forgery after former conviction of a felony,…
IL: Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Accessing Computer At MCC
CBS Chicago reports: A former religious services assistant at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center downtown pleaded guilty Monday to illegally accessing government computers to get personal information about inmates. Tommy Haire, 34, searched the MCC’s computer system without authorization to get sensitive personal information about prisoners in other facilities, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office….