Once again, a breach involving what appears to be over-transparency in government: Devon County Council is currently examining dozens of documents which had been made available on its website to assess the amount of damage done. The authority took the action after the Echo made it aware that it had published financial details relating to…
Category: Breach Incidents
UK police arrest three men over ‘SpyEye’ malware
Jeremy Kirk reports: U.K. police arrested three men late last week in connection with using the SpyEye malware program to steal online banking details. […] The investigation began in January and revolved around the group’s use of a uniquely modified variation of the SpyEye malware, which harvests personal banking details and sends the credentials to…
CO: Dentist leaves patient information in outside trashcan
Longmont – Medical records that contained patients’ private information have now been secured after 9NEWS warned a Longmont dentist that the non-shredded documents were sitting in a publically accessible trash can. The documents were found Sunday morning by a man looking for scrap metal in downtown Longmont. Stan Harvey called 9NEWS after finding the documents…
CT: Romanian admits role in ATM skimming scheme that defrauded People’s United Bank customers
Nadia Pasici, 49, a citizen of Romania residing in Middle Village, New York, pleaded guilty this week before United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The charge stems from Pasici’s participation in an ATM skimming scheme. According to court documents and statements made in…
NM: Former Wells Fargo employee sentenced for ID theft
Roberta Dunsworth, 53, a resident of Espanola, New Mexico, was sentenced this week in federal court to a 24-month term of imprisonment to be followed by one year of supervised release for her aggravated identity fraud conviction. As a condition of her supervised release, Dunsworth must perform 100 hours of community service. She also was…
Ie: Firm possibly lost 50,000 clients’ data
Una McCaffrey reports: Phoenix Ireland, a life and pensions company, has admitted it may have lost the personal details of about 50,000 current and former customers. The possible data loss also affects a small number of people who contacted the company, formerly Scottish Provident Ireland, but did not take out a policy. In letters sent…