In a follow-up to a breach reported last month on this blog, Brian Rogers reports: A Pearland man has been charged with identity theft in a scheme that used Social Security numbers of doctors and vendors at Texas Children’s Hospital to open more than 100 electricity accounts, prosecutors said. […] In court today, Assistant Harris…
Category: Breach Incidents
(Update) Birthdates, social security numbers of 45 Eastern Michigan University students stolen
David Jesse has some more details on an Eastern Michigan University breach reported previously on this blog: Forty-five Eastern Michigan University students had their names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers provided to a third party by two student employees, the school said. EMU spokesman Walter Kraft would not say Thursday whether the employees…
Twelve indicted in $10 million bank fraud conspiracy operated by a “network” that included bank employees
A federal indictment unsealed yesterday in St. Paul charges 12 people who reside in Minnesota, California, and New York with orchestrating a $10 million bank fraud conspiracy that featured a network of bank employees and others, operating locally and nationally. What’s notable about this case is that it appeared to be a coordinated ring relying…
Feds: Ring bought stolen credit card numbers, spent thousands in Central Florida
Amy Pavuk reports: Secret Service agents say seven members of a Central Florida crime ring spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with stolen credit card numbers, which were purchased over the Internet from people who hacked into business computers and obtained the data. […] The local Secret Service investigation began in September, when an agent…
Bank employee accused of selling account numbers
Brad Leibowitz reports: A bank employee is under arrest after police charged her with selling account numbers of customers. On Feb. 28, police department officers arrested TD Bank of Elmwood Park employee Davasia Williamson, 22, of Bogota, in connection with the selling of private bank account numbers. According to police reports, Williamson was selling personal…
Students’ info lifted, provided to third party
Katrease Stafford reports: Eastern Michigan University is investigating two former student employees who are believed to have taken personal identifiable information of approximately 45 students and improperly provided it to a third party. The data was taken from student records the former student employees had access to during the course of their employment. The University…