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Tax records stolen in North Carolina for the data?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Matthew Hensley reports: Identity thieves may have stolen hundreds, perhaps thousands, of records from a former tax preparer, according to a police report. Latina Harris said someone broke into a residence at 412 Cleveland St. in Laurinburg, and stole eight filing cabinets full of information left over from when her mother, Ester Gaino, prepared taxes….

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CT: U. Conn addresses security breach

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Amy McDavitt reports: A recent security breach on the Storrs campus revealed a list of former students’ names and Social Security numbers and made them available on the Internet. The university was made aware of the situation Oct. 4 after one of the individuals on the list discovered it and alerted university officials, according to…

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AU: Telstra botched mail-out exposes 220,000 customers

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Dissent

Asher Moses reports: Telstra is being investigated by both the communications and privacy watchdogs after it sent out 220,000 letters that contained account information belonging to other customers. The letters, which contained the name, phone number and telephone plan of customers other than the recipients, explained upcoming fixed line price changes. Telstra blamed the privacy…

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Two Bulgarian nationals charged in alleged ATM skimming scheme

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that authorities in New Jersey have charged two Bulgarian men with scanning personal information from ATM machines and withdrawing more than $200,000 from customers’ accounts. Lachezar Lazarov and Georgi Nikiforov appeared in federal court in Newark on Tuesday and were ordered held without bail…. They are accused of installing devices on…

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TX: HISD investigating how its computers were hacked

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Dissent

Erika Mellon reports: Houston school district officials suspect their computer system was hacked over the weekend, leaving employees and students without access to the Internet, online classes and e-mail for two days. The electronic blackout ended late Tuesday afternoon, but the district’s police department was continuing to work with the FBI to investigate the suspected…

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So how are those criminal background checks working out for you?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Dissent

Megan Fox reports: A woman who was accused and convicted of identity theft for stealing funds from her employer has been accused again for similar charges. Aurea Picasso was hired as a director of Welfare for Hanover County, near Chicago, while awaiting trial for stealing from the State welfare system while employed there. However, while…

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