Cris Barrish reports: The fallout from the posting of the Social Security numbers and birth dates of 22,000 Delaware government retirees on a state website continued Wednesday when one woman filed a class-action lawsuit against the state’s benefits consultant. “I feel aggrieved. It’s something we’re going to have worry about for the rest of our…
Category: Breach Incidents
Heartland Payment Systems, Discover Agree To $5 Mln Intrusion Settlement
Heartland Payment Systems said it reached a settlement agreement with Discover Financial Services (DFS) related to the 2008 criminal intrusion of Heartland’s payment system environment. Under the agreement, Heartland would pay Discover $5 million, resolving all issues related to the 2008 intrusion. “This settlement marks our final agreement with a card brand related to the…
(Follow-up) Secret Service: Computer virus to blame for Jason’s Deli thefts
Janice Broach reports: Investigators believe credit and debit card thefts at the Jason’s Deli on Ridgeway in Memphis are linked to a virus that infected computers at the restaurant. “The computers received a virus that was unknown before this event,” Special Agent Rick Harlow of the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday. “It was a new…
Miami man pleads guilty in ID theft case
Grant Gross reports the follow-up on a case previously covered on this site, here. A Miami man has pleaded guilty to two identity-theft related charges after federal agents found more than 26,000 credit card numbers stored on his computer, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Juan Javier Cardenas, 45, purchased stolen credit card numbers over…
MO: Military social security cards & other papers found in dumpster
Jeff Cunningham of KFVS reports: It was an identity thief’s dream–original birth certificates, social security cards and high school diplomas all found in a dumpster. Heartland News was contacted by a viewer who found the items in a dumpster behind the Armed Forces Recruiting Center on William Street in Cape Girardeau. We counted dozens of…
AIB tells tribunal employee dismissed for accessing accounts
Genevieve Carbery reports: Unauthorised access to the bank accounts of 13 employees and three customers by a former Allied Irish Banks worker was “absolutely not” acceptable, a senior AIB manager said yesterday. Former AIB Capital Markets employee Brian Purcell (38), from Dublin, was dismissed in April 2009 after the bank discovered he had accessed the…