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Feds: Bank workers helped theft ring steal $1.3 million

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dissent

Nathan Gorenstein reports: A identity theft ring allegedly stole $1.3 million by persuading bank employees to provide customer information, federal officials said today. One man allegedly romanced a number of bank tellers, investigators said at a press conference. Five people were indicted on federal charges, officials said. The ring involved more than 20 people. […]…

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UPDATE: Credit cards also involved in Cheers Liquor breach

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dissent

Wayne Heilman reports: A security breach in the credit-card processing system at Cheers Liquor Mart involves both credit and debit cards and likely involves customers of dozens, if not hundreds, of financial institutions nationwide, the Colorado Springs-based retailer said today. Cheers has shut down a wireless broadband system that was used to process credit-card transactions…

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ID theft ring traced to stolen MVD document

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dissent

KOAT reports a breach out of New Mexico: About a month ago, Target 7 reported that Rod White, of Los Ranchos, was indicted on charges of fraud, forgery and identity theft. White tried to pass off fake checks using the state Taxation and Revenue Department’s account number. Officials knew little then, but APD detectives said…

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FTC settles latest charges against ChoicePoint

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dissent

ChoicePoint, Inc., one of the nation’s largest data brokers, has agreed to strengthened data security requirements to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company failed to implement a comprehensive information security program protecting consumers’ sensitive information, as required by a previous court order. This failure left the door open to a data breach in…

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Follow-up to Radisson breach

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dissent

As a small follow-up to the Radisson breach covered here, a copy of Radisson’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is now available online here (pdf).

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Two major German websites report data theft

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dissent

AP/Reuters reports two data breaches out of Germany: SchülerVZ, an online forum for German teenagers and high school students, has said it has identified the person it suspects of stealing the data, which include the name, age, school, gender, and photo of thousands of users. A more serious breach involves the names, client numbers, addresses,…

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