NORFOLK, Va. – Cameron Allen, 27, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Dymond Chappelle, 19, of Portsmouth, Va., was also sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit bank fraud….
Category: Breach Incidents
MI: Wendy’s Restaurant in Big Rapids identified as location of data breach
Rick Charmoli reports: A Wendy’s Restaurant in Big Rapids has been identified as the source of a data security breach that affected several debit and credit card holders in Mecosta County. The incident is not likely related to fraudulent charges that showed up on the accounts of several people in the Cadillac area. The Big…
Michaels Breach Lawsuits Dismissed
Tracy Kitten reports: A district court in Illinois has dismissed a consolidated consumer class action lawsuit seeking damages from Michaels Stores Inc. for a card breach the arts and crafts retailer suffered starting in 2013. In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo says the six plaintiffs named in the consolidated suits failed to prove that they suffered “actual economic…
House Oversight’s lopsided hearing on the FTC
The House Oversight Committee held a hearing this morning that was supposed to be about FTC authority under Section 5, but it wound up being more of Chairman Darrell Issa using his position as a bully pulpit to attack the FTC, Tiversa, and Democrats on the committee who would not give a potential whistleblower (a former employee…
MCCCD breach: view from the under the bus
It appears that Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is doubling down on trying to throw employees under the bus in the wake of its 2013 breach affecting 2.5 million. According to a web site created by the attorney for the employees: The MCCCD Administration is accusing Mr. Corzo of not doing a job that wasn’t his…
Supposed ‘leader’ of LulzSec, ‘Aush0k,’ pleads guilty to hacking, hubris
From the how-much-can-we-hype-this-before-they-catch-on dept.: Richard Chirgwin reports: Matthew Flannery, once paraded by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as the “leader” of international hacking collective LulzSec, has pleaded guilty to the five remaining charges against him, in Gosford Local Court. […] The only victim of his work identified in public was the Narrabri Shire Council in the Australian…