In the justice system: As a follow-up to a case previously covered on this site, Atin and Iris Singh have been sentenced to two years in state prison for using a skimmer and stealing customer data from Roti’s Bistro and using it for fraudulent purposes. There were reportedly about 60 victims. More. Jason Lennon Bell,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Former AmEx employee stole account numbers
Two Phoenix men are accused of stealing thousands of American Express card numbers and swindling more than a million dollars from customers. Timothy Curley, of Phoenix, is at the center of the Secret Service investigation. […] Police discovered during their investigation that Curley had not only worked as a computer database analyst for American Express,…
UK data breach incidents on the rise
Seven in ten UK organisations experienced a data breach incident over the last year, up from 60 per cent in the previous year. The third edition of an annual survey by the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by PGP, also found that 12 per cent of 615 public and private sector organisations probed were hit by five…
Bluegrass CU loan officer sentenced
The United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly announced that a loan officer in Ashland was sentenced on July 6 for using a scheme to embezzle more than $165,000 from her employer. Crystal Smith, 36, of Greenup, Ky. was sentenced to 57 months in prison by United States District Court Judge…
Suncoast Schools FCU reports second breach
Back in June, I mentioned a somewhat puzzling breach report from Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union. But now there’s a second breach report involving the credit union. I wish the reporter had asked them if they are still sure that the breach they reported in June was Heartland-related or if perhaps it’s due to this…
Bullitt Cty employees concerned
More than $400,000 was stolen from Bullitt County taxpayers, but some county employees are worried more was taken than money. County employees are worried their identities were stolen, too. Bullitt County officials said they have recovered some of the money. “It’s kind of scary to think about someone out there having access to your information,”…