Jessica Beym reports: A Burlington County woman and a New York man were each charged Thursday with one count of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft in a scheme that netted them more than $170,000, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Authorities said Patricia Lightsey, 27, of Willingboro, worked as a…
Category: Breach Incidents
Update: About 9,200 people affected by Clarksville-Montgomery County School System hacking
Adam Tamburin reports: On Thursday, the school system began notifying about 9,200 people that elements of their personal data were accessed during a June security breach. That total includes about 4,900 employees and 4,300 students, according to James Prendergast, an attorney with Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton, a law firm the school system enlisted…
GM notifying more than 800 workers of personal information breach
Melissa Burden reports: General Motors Co. said Friday that 883 active and retired GM workers may have had their personal information exposed — including Social Security numbers — after a GM employee copied personal information just before retiring in May. “GM has completed an investigation of this incident and is contacting the affected individuals to…
Australian Fishing Trade Association (AFTA) Hacked, 900 Accounts Leaked By #DoktorBass
Yet another Australian based website has been breached and had over 900 accounts leaked as a result. The website belongs to the Australian Fishing trade association (afta.net.au) who overlooks and helps setting standard for fishing gear and related stuff right across Australia and has been doing so since the 80’s. The attack just adds to the list of sites that we reported…
LinkedIn reportedly spent nearly $1 million already to fix security breach (updated)
Gene Ryan Briones reports: Following the hapless security infraction that LinkedIn experienced two months ago, the company is now saying that it has spent a huge amount of money to fix the problem. Fresh from its earnings call today, LinkedIn CFO Steve Sordello said that the company has spent between $500,000 and $1 million on…
SC: Tax Preparer Tosses Sensitive Record in Dumpster
Graeme Moore reports: A tax preparer who closed her business three years ago tossed several boxes of old records, some of which contained sensitive personal information. The records were found Thursday morning in a recycling bin off Fernwood-Glendale Road behind the old Ingles supermarket in Spartanburg. While most of the documents were just invoices, investigators…