Following up on a case mentioned on this site in June: United States Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth announced today that a woman who defrauded victims out of at least $4 million pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City. CHARLENE MARIE PICKHINKE, 48, from Sac City, Iowa, was convicted of one count each of…
Category: Breach Incidents
He’s not after your heart, just your data
Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor at BankInfoSecurity.com, wrote this piece on the LexisNexis breach first reported by Robert McMillan of IDG News Service. It is reproduced from Information-Security-Resources.com: Lexis-Nexis made public notification of a data breach that federal authorities say is tied to a New York mafia crime family. The New York-based company has sent more…
Report: ID thief had 500 Wells Fargo customers’ details
This week, a federal grand jury in Sacramento returned a 13-count indictment charging Jonah Hanneke Nelson, 30, of Dixon, with bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud, counterfeiting securities, and possession of more than 15 access devices. According to Assistant United States Attorney Russell L. Carlberg, the indictment alleges that Nelson obtained bank account…
No charges against Polo HS student
No charges will be filed against an 18-year-old Polo High School student accused of tampering with the school’s computer records, Ogle County State’s Attorney Ben Roe said in a news release Friday. After conferring with Polo Police Chief Dennis Christen and reviewing extensive reports and evidence, it was determined that [Ross D.] Wolf’s conduct did…
Heartland breach felt in Bermuda
Hundreds of Bermudians may have been the victims of credit card fraud stemming from a US security breach in January. Many people have had their cards cancelled due to suspicious activity as criminals are using credit cards cloned from information stolen from a credit card processing company in the US. Capital G President and CEO…
GAO report: persisting info sec weaknesses
From the Summary of GAO-09-546 July 17, 2009, Information Security: Agencies Continue to Report Progress, but Need to Mitigate Persistent Weaknesses : […] Persistent weaknesses in information security policies and practices continue to threaten the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical information and information systems used to support the operations, assets, and personnel of most…