KRGV reports that folders containing students’ personal information was found in a dumpster behind a Habitat for Humanity building in McAllen, Texas. The files contained names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and telephone numbers of 20 students from the Lucille Hendricks Elementary School. Read more on KRGV.
Category: Breach Incidents
More on the hack of Israel’s court system
More details are emerging on the significant data security breach involving Israel’s court system.
ERIC attempts to purge research database of SSN and other PII
ERIC, a clearinghouse and database for education research articles, has this notice linked from their home page: Dear ERIC Community, In early August we discovered that sensitive personally identifiable information appeared in some full text documents contained in the ERIC collection. Specifically, social security numbers and other highly sensitive information were found in multiple documents…
TX: Former Capital One Bank employee sentenced in ID theft scheme
Here’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog: Jamal Gerard Mose-Burrel, 22, of Houston, has been sentenced to a four-year-term of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Mose-Burrel pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Today, U.S. District Judge Lee H….
State of Alabama Employee Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
The following press release from the DOJ is related to a scam previously noted on this blog: Natacia Webster, an employee of the state of Alabama, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue…
Financial Planner Stole Clients’ Identities
A former financial planner was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of probation for stealing personal identity information of about 3,000 clients and using the information to open new accounts, make purchases and cash advances and reroute the clients’ mail. Andrew W. Myers, 33, a former financial planner at Northwestern Mutual and…