Adam Ferrise reports: Four people are accused of ripping off thousands of dollars from unsuspecting residents of seven Ohio counties through a sophisticated identity theft scheme. Ming Chun Shi, 33, and Dong Houdong, 26, both of New York City, Yu Liu, 35, of Brooklyn, New York and Wen Fei Shi, 33, of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania…
Category: Breach Incidents
TX: “Bitcoin Baron” attacked City of San Marcos and San Marcos PD websites in retaliation for assault on student
Joshua Fechter reports: A hacker named “Bitcoin Baron” has claimed responsibility for cyberattacking the City of San Marcos and San Marcos Police Department websites in retaliation against a police officer who allegedly assaulted a Texas State University student in 2013. The websites were down as of Tuesday morning. Read more on MySA.com
Controversy over 2006 Ernst & Young breach continues
In September, I reported a case in Canada involving Mark Morris, a man who purchased decommissioned hardware from Ernst & Young in 2006 that he claimed had not been properly wiped. Morris had been employed by Synergy Partners, a firm Ernst & Young bought in 2003. He had purchased at least two servers and dozens of devices…
Sen. Menendez Calls For Privacy Bill To Protect Consumers In Case Of Data Breaches
CBS reports: U.S. Sen.Robert Menendez and Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.) announced Friday that they plan to reintroduce a Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights to improve protection for consumer data. Menendez originally called for the bill after a major data breach that affected Target stores during the holiday shopping season in 2013. Numerous other high-profile data…
PA: 18 Named In Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Affecting Over 11,000 Victims
Eighteen individuals from around the United States have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The thirteen-count superseding indictment named Doherty Kushimo, 53, of Providence, Rhode Island; Saburi Adeyemi, 57, of Memphis, Tennessee; Abiodun Bakre, 50, of Ozone Park, New York;…
Cybersecurity and Privacy: A Country of Mushrooms re: Recent Major Data Breaches
Shamoil T. Shipchandler of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has a great commentary about how our country is doing on cybersecurity and privacy. It begins: When it comes right down to it, we are about as bad at cybersecurity as Twitter’s CFO is at Twitter or North Korea is at coming up with new political slogans to commemorate its 70th anniversary. As…