A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Harvey James for using stolen identities to file false tax returns, the Justice Department the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced yesterday. The 34-count indictment charges James with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to the indictment, Harvey James obtained stolen identities from individuals…
Category: Breach Incidents
Japanese Mobile Operator NTT DoCoMo Hacked, Credit Card Information Leaked for #StopCISPA
Over the past few weeks tension has built again over the well known CISPA bill which the American government is trying to get in place. Anonymous hacktivist have once again lashed out and now leaks of data have started with one of the first coming from a well known and major player in the mobile…
News Gaint The Times Hacked, 5,000+ Credentials leaked
UPDATED: Credibility of this leak and the hackers is questionable as it has been pointed out this is duplicated data Today a hacker from Syria has announced a leak of data that comes form one of britains and the worlds most well known and biggest news site, The Times (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/). wiki The leak comes from @SyriaHighFlyer who posted…
LivingSocial Hacked — More Than 50 Million Customer Names, Emails, Birthdates and Encrypted Passwords Accessed (Internal Memo)
Update: Double-WOW. Their breach notice is already up on the California Attorney General’s web site. According to their submission to the state, the breach occurred on April 5 and was discovered on April 12. Original post follows: Wow. AllThingsD.com is reporting: LivingSocial, the daily deals site owned in part by Amazon, has suffered a massive…
Two years after a vendor is hacked, OneWest Bank notifies customers
OneWest Bank has been notifying customers of a breach that occurred back in 2011. According to their letter, a copy of which they submitted to California under the state’s breach reporting requirements, the bank recently learned that one of our service providers, was the victim of an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into its network (“Network…
Etsy exposes sellers’ real names in error – again
Ina Steiner writes: In an email sent to shoppers this week, “Fresh Offerings from Your Favorite Shops,” Etsy mistakenly included the names of sellers taken from their credit card information on file. No other credit card information was included in the email. It’s not clear how it happened since all credit card information should be…