Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges against Rite Aid Corporation, and sent letters to members of the public who submitted comments on the order. The FTC charged that the company failed to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its customers and employees. The…
Category: Breach Incidents
IL: Area banks hit by ID theft
Sanford J. Schmidt reports: EDWARDSVILLE – An identity thief apparently has stolen credit card or debit card numbers from customers at some local banks and bilked the banks out of between $5,000 and $8,000, the Madison County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. […] The deputy said he could not reveal the names of the banks, but…
Former UCM students indicted for scheme to sell stolen information
David Twiddy reports: Two former University of Central Missouri students have been charged with stealing the identities of thousands of their classmates and faculty with the goal of the information. A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted Joseph A. Camp, 26, of New York, and Daniel J. Fowler, 21, of Kansas City, with conspiracy,…
(follow-up) Newark man sentenced for numerous identity thefts
As a follow-up to a case previously reported here: A federal judge has sentenced a Newark man to 12 years in prison for stealing dozens of identities and using the information to open credit cards and set up fake businesses. Operating from a Newark apartment and several other addresses, Joseph Aughenbaugh, 42, and co-defendent Todd…
Ca: Skimmer hidden in gas pump a first in Alberta?
Some interesting statistics from a news story by Jason Van Rasse about how a skimmer that was found inside a gas pump was the first incident of its kind in Alberta: The Canadian Bankers Association said credit card fraud in Canada totalled $358 million last year — with counterfeit cards accounting for almost half that…
UK: Council loses personal details of children in care
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has undertaken to improve the security of personal data held on portable media devices following the loss of a USB memory stick containing sensitive personal information of 40 children in their care, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO was made aware of this breach of the Data Protection Act…