Dan Ferguson of the Surrey North Delta Leader reports: There were forged credit cards, stolen passports, driver’s licenses, social insurance numbers and computer gear. Surrey RCMP seized hundreds of such items along with two vehicles when they raided a residence in the 8600 block of 154A Street last week (June 11). Nine people were arrested….
Category: Breach Incidents
Saskatoon police investigating after client information stolen from Family Service Saskatoon
Laura Keil of TheStarPhoenix.com reports that a lockbox stolen from Family Service Saskatoon on May 26 has not yet been found. The lockbox contained the names and addresses of donors, volunteers, and clients: The stolen safe had encrypted backup computer tapes that require a special player to play, and the safe was locked when it…
An Odyssey of Fraud
Brian Krebs has a good article on Security Fix today: Andy Kordopatis is the proprietor of Odyssey Bar, a modest watering hole in Pocatello, Idaho, a few blocks away from Idaho State University. Most of his customers pay for their drinks with cash, but about three times a day he receives a phone call from…
(Update) ND: Stolen laptop contained donors’ financial data
The Post and Courier provides some more information about a University of North Dakota breach that was originally reported in October 2008. John McDermott and the AP report: A computer that was swiped from a car in Charleston last year contained personal financial information on 84,000 University of North Dakota donors, it was disclosed this…
Bits n’ Pieces
In the justice system: Richard J. Berger has been sentenced to for 13 months and ordered to repay about $130,000 after admitting that he illegally accessed insurance company computers at The Hartford and Sunlife Financial in a scheme to steal annuity clients. More. Julia Caldwell and Jacqueline Colbert, both Taco Bell of Laurel employees, have…
HSE stolen laptop contains personal financial data
A non-encrypted laptop computer stolen from a Health Service Executive (HSE) office contains sensitive personal financial data on people who have approached community welfare officers seeking assistance. The laptop containing the data was one of 15 computers stolen from HSE offices in Roscommon town at the weekend. […] One of the two non-encrypted laptops contained…