Like most blogs, DataBreaches.net totally abandoned any attempt to track all of the affected entities. Instead, we have been trying to support BankInfoSecurity.com‘s efforts to keep track. Expect the numbers of affected banks and credit unions to rise to 500 or more next week after they have a chance to enter about five dozen links…
Category: Breach Incidents
Tantalizing confirmation of another big breach
There’s been a lot of speculation recently about another big breach, unrelated to the Heartland Payment Systems breach. Now I see this on Banker’s Bank of Kansas, N.A web site: 02/17/09 – Two large data compromises affecting credit and debit cards were announced the weeks of 1/21/09 and 2/09/09. BBOK BankCard actively monitors all alerts…
Del Mar students informed of stolen info
Mike Baird reports: As many as 53 students in the Del Mar College General Education Development Program have been informed that a printed class roster, with some of the student’s personal information, was stolen from an instructor’s vehicle Sunday, school officials announced today. Read more on caller.com
Three charged with stealing identity of N.Y. man
Two men and a woman who allegedly stole the identity of a New York man and used it to rent a San Francisco townhouse and apply for credit cards in his name have been charged in San Francisco Superior Court with 24 felony counts, including identity theft and various drug offenses. Prosecutors say the group…
Police: Miami man caught with 92 fake credit cards
Jamie Rogers reports: A Miami man was arrested Thursday after police said he had more than 90 fake credit cards in his possession, Florence Police Maj. Carlos Raines said. Roberto Periut Pina, 36, of 10700 SW 109 St., is charged with financial transaction card fraud, Florence County Detention Center bookings reports show. The incident happened…
Tape with criminal background checks on 807,000 people missing
The Associated Press is reporting that Information Vaulting Services cannot account for a computer storage tape belonging to the Arkansas Department of Information Systems, The tape reportedly contains data from criminal background checks on 807,000 people conducted over a 12-year period. The Arkansas Times has a copy of the press release issued by DIS.