A New Jersey man was indicted today in federal court with stealing $250,000 from two Massachusetts victims’ joint investment account by using a series of assumed identities. Bryan Wells, 26, was charged in an indictment with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He had been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging wire fraud on July…
Category: Breach Incidents
Laptop stolen from PCC employee’s car contained SSN of 2,900 unemployed Oregonians
A car owned by an employee of Portland Community College was broken into on Thursday, Aug 5. Among the stolen items was a data-storage device containing the names and Social Security numbers of an estimated 2,900 Multnomah County participants in the Oregon Food Stamp Employment Transition Program, also known as OFSET. The employee had been…
Ben & Jerry’s security glitch exposes personal details
Claire Woffenden reports: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has apologised after an embarrassing security blunder exposed the names and addresses of more than 2,500 online customers. The mistake was discovered by Web User reader Julee de Jong after a simple search for her name on search engine Google. One of the top results for…
Insider wrongdoing at StoresOnline just one of breach reports to Maryland
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office received 14 breach reports in April. Three of them revealed breaches not previously covered in the media or on this site, and a few others provided new numbers or details on breaches we already knew about. Newly revealed: Utah-based StoresOnline reported that an employee misused the credit card information of…
Destination Hotels & Resorts breach report raises an eyebrow
The Destination Hotels & Resorts breach reported back in June as affecting 700 people nationally reportedly affected 470 residents of New Hampshire – even though none of the affected properties are in New Hampshire. According to the breach disclosure filed by the chain’s law firm, Proskauer Rose, with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the…
TX: Credit, debit card information stolen from restaurant customers
Andrew Horansky reports: Thieves stole credit and debit card information worth thousands of dollars from customers at a popular South Austin restaurant. It happened at Tino’s Greek Café on Brodie Lane. Some people are just finding out now that their information was stolen. […] Tino’s has multiple locations in Austin, and the problem appears to…