Some Union First Market Bank customers are upset after learning their private account information is accessible to other customers. Bank administrators say when online bill-pay accounts were transferred from First Market Bank to Union First Market Bank over the weekend, a bad file containing information of around 1000 customers was sent. That data is now…
Category: Breach Incidents
USCB warns alumni that their personal info might have been stolen with laptop
Patrick Donahue reports: Letters were sent last week to more than 480 former University of South Carolina Beaufort students whose personal information might have been on a school-owned laptop stolen last month in the Atlanta area. University officials say the computer, which belonged to the Office of Housing and Residence Life, was stolen Feb. 6…
Woman in Valley Forge theft ring sentenced
Mary Pat Flaherty and Martin Weil report: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized withdrawals were made from bank accounts in the Washington area after a skimming device was attached to an ATM in Alexandria, authorities said. The device, which captures bank card information, was spotted Feb. 28 at a Wachovia branch in the 3600 block of…
American Traffic Solutions leaves building open
What may be a corporate security breach at American Traffic Solutions was uncovered by CameraFRAUD volunteers Saturday night. The photo radar ticket processing facility, located in the Phoenix suburb of Ahwatukee, was reportedly left unlocked and unattended: Numerous bundles of network cables were spotted throughout the building, potentially allowing anyone with a laptop to access…
(follow-up) Zurich Insurance agrees to improve information security after losing over 46,000 individuals’ personal financial information
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Zurich Insurance plc in breach of the Data Protection Act after it lost an unencrypted back-up tape containing financial personal information belonging to 46,000 policy holders of Zurich Private Client, Zurich Special Risk and Zurich Business Client, which are all part of Zurich Insurance plc. The back-up tape,…
ID theft scam: 2 accused of stealing $289K in tax refunds
Serena Daniels reports: Two women pocketed nearly $300,000 in state and federal tax returns after stealing the identities of more than 60 customers of an Indiana H & R Block branch, federal prosecutors say. The alleged scheme was uncovered after Rosetta Buchanan, 35, and Francesca Foster, 32 — an H & R Block worker —…