Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Monroe County woman pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Nealon to participating in a scheme with others to access and unlawfully obtain more than $60,000 from accounts in a New Jersey bank. Pfannenschmidt stated that Christine…
Category: Breach Incidents
Insurers Deny Coverage for Breach Notice Costs (and why companies should consider cyber insurance coverage and why brokers should offer it)
David Navetta comments on the litigation involving the University of Utah, Perpetual Storage, and Colorado Casualty Insurance Co. You may wish for a scorecard to keep all the players straight: It was recently reported that an insurance carrier (Colorado Casualty Insurance Co.) denied coverage (and filed a lawsuit) for the $3.3 million in costs the…
NY: Cashier at Bellmore Payless Store Accused of Identity Theft
A Long Island shoe store employee is accused of stealing security information from customers’ credit cards and making duplicate cards. Police say the cashier at a Bellmore Payless store used a “skimming” device to scan the magnetic strip of security information from the credit cards of 11 customers. Police say he used the cards to…
(follow-up) Latvians to be deported for role in Davidson Companies extortion plot
Some breaches continue to tie up resources for years. The Davidson Companies breach, first revealed in January 2008, seems to be one of them. Even though the lawsuit against the firm was settled in November, in April, FINRA fined them, and some attempted extortionists were indicted. Now there’s yet another update to the story. Travis…
Potential breach of credit, debit card info at 2 Dixie Cafes
Lindsey Clark reports: Dixie Restaurants was contacted in regards to a potential breach of credit and debit card information at two Dixie Cafe locations in Little Rock and Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dixie Restaurants is currently working with law enforcement officials to determine the origin and extent of the data that has been compromised at these…
IL: Springfield publishes private info on FOIA website
Bruce Rushton reports: Admitting that it “goofed,” the city of Springfield put documents online that contained sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, home and work telephone numbers and even a bank account number and the name of someone who called the state anonymously to report suspected child abuse. The documents were…