The Associated Press reports that four men have been arrested and charged in Pennsylvania with running a multistate identity theft operation. Bensalem police say they recovered documents — including licenses and credit cards — listing the names of about 100 victims when they made the arrests Monday. Police charged 31-year-old Earl Johnson, 30-year-old Armone Stanley,…
Category: Breach Incidents
CA: ID theft ringleader sentenced in Fresno
Russell Clemings reports: The alleged leader of a far-flung identity theft ring was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $91,000 in restitution to some 50 victims. Alfred Darnell Ford was accused of running a network of accomplices who used stolen credit cards and other information to buy…
TSA turbulence grips Logan, nation
Jessica Fargen reports: A recent data breach at Logan International Airport involving a TSA contract worker, coming amid other high-profile Transportation Security Administration lapses, casts another cloud over a federal agency engulfed in turmoil. In the latest snafu, a Lynn couple is due back in court Wednesday, accused of selling the identities of at least…
MA: Data breaches affect million state residents
Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe had an article in today’s paper about the 807 breach notifications the state received over a two-year period. The article referenced some breaches not previously reported in the media: Smaller incidents include the theft in October of three laptop computers from the Springfield accounting firm Moriarty & Primack. The…
WA: 130,000 at risk after computer breach at EWU
Levi Pulkkinen reports: Following a computer breach earlier in December, Eastern Washington University will be notifying 130,000 current and former students that their identifying information may have been compromised. While it remains unclear whether any students or alumni have had their identities stolen due to the breach, officials with the Cheney-based university are preparing to…
UK: Hacker rattles 21,000 iPhone unlockers
Bill Ray reports: Hackers have mailed 21,000 customers of iPhoneUnlockUK to remind them the company uses unlicensed software, and that their details have been compromised. E-mails were sent out to customers of the iPhone unlocking service, with claims that iPhoneUnlockUK is guilty of stealing software and selling it illegally. The mail goes on to recommend…