Courthouse News reports on the latest legal development in a lawsuit that started with a privacy breach in 2001 involving employees at the Federal Medical Center in Kentucky: Staff members at a prison hospital in Kentucky might be entitled to more than $1,000 each for the breach of privacy that occurred when a federal investigator…
Category: Breach Incidents
Update: Ukranian police arrest 5, targeting brains behind Zeus botnet
Robert McMillan and Grant Gross report: Ukrainian police on Thursday arrested five people thought to be the brains behind a scam using the Zeus Trojan to siphon money from small businesses in the U.S. The operation is part of an ongoing effort to take down a criminal empire that stole $70 million from victims’ bank…
FL: Bus driver pleads guilty to stealing disabled passengers’ IDs
Amy L. Edwards reports: A bus driver accused of stealing the identities of her disabled passengers and opening credit accounts with their personal information pleaded guilty to more than two dozen federal charges this week. Watreka Ligon pleaded to 27 counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and trafficking in a counterfeit device, court records…
(Update) ALDI breach reports mushroom, customers in 11 states affected
The breach involving ALDI grocery stores is apparently larger than earlier reports suggested as reports trickle in from Pittsburgh and other areas. The chain has updated its statement on its website today: October 1, 2010 ALDI Inc. recently learned that, from approximately June 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010, tampered payment card terminals were illegally…
FL: Ex-employee accused of hacking into loan company’s computers, stealing data
News-Press.com reports: A former employee of Home Lynx Home Loans on College Parkway is accused of hacking into the company’s computer system and stealing confidential customer information, potential customer lists and marketing material. The former employee, whose name was not available in the sheriff’s report, was terminated in June. The owner of the company told…
Man linked to stolen bank data found dead in Swiss prison
Reuters is reporting: A man held in connection with client data stolen from a bank and sold to German tax authorities has been found dead in prison, Swiss authorities said on Friday. The 42-year-old man was found dead in his cell at Berne regional prison at around 0430 GMT on Wednesday, police said. “Findings so…