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TX: Man found with 20 pounds of stolen checks, mail

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dissent

Lauren Lea reports: Police busted a man inside a hotel room with about 20 pounds of stolen checks, personal mail, and numerous debit and credit cards. 35-year-old Steven Alcala is charged with fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. An officer discovered the stash after a hotel manager complained that Alcala hadn’t paid his bill….

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TX: Hacker gained access to personal data of all students, employees in Houston Independent School District

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dissent

Houston Independent School District (HISD)  announced an overhaul of their computer network security system Thursday after a hacker gained access to the private data of all students, employees and some vendors dating back 10 years. District officials said the first sign of the security breach was noted by HISD tech workers on October 24, 2010….

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Russian gang used customized virus bought from hacker forum on ATMs

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dissent

Members of an organized criminal group responsible for infecting ATMs with a computer virus have been arrested in Yakutsk, capital of the far eastern Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) according to the Ministry of the Interior. The leader of the gang sought the services of a hacker through an international Internet forum. Once recruited the…

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WA: ID theft bonanza left unsecured at state building

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dissent

Tracy Vedder reports: TACOMA, Wash. — When we handed Lyle Lippel a set of documents that could have been used to steal his identity and cause financial ruin he said it was crazy and scary that the papers were so easy to find. Lippel’s private information was in a pile of paperwork dumped in plain…

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Shell Vacation Resorts investigating security breach at some of their properties

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Dissent

Shell Vacation Resorts, which owns 26 properties in nine U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico, has been investigating a security breach at some of their properties that resulted in credit card fraud for an unspecified number of their guests and employees. An FAQ on the incident indicates that the breach occurred between June 2010 and October…

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Liechtenstein Bank Data May Be Used in Probe, German Court Says

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Matussek reports: Stolen Liechtenstein bank account data may be used to by prosecutors justify a search warrant in a criminal probe, Germany’s top constitutional court ruled. Data which may have been stolen from a Liechtenstein bank and later sold to German authorities can be used by a judge when authorizing prosecutors to raid homes…

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