Betsy Sundquist reports: A Minneapolis woman has been charged with credit-card fraud after authorities say she made more than $6,000 in fraudulent transactions on 98 customers’ credit cards within two weeks while working at an Apple Valley store. The fraudulent transactions reportedly occurred between between May 25 and June 10. Read more on AppleValleyPatch. The…
Category: Breach Incidents
UK: Thief takes computer and cash from garage
Jamie Bowman reports: A Southport mechanic is counting the cost after a thief stole cash and a computer from his garage while he was busy working on a car. Gordon Mawdsley, the owner of the Autofix Centre on Shakespeare Street, said the impact on his business would be “massive”, following the theft of his new…
UK: Vince Cable apologises over binned letters
Rajeev Syal reports: Vince Cable has been forced to apologise publicly for the second time in three weeks after confidential documents were discovered in bins outside his constituency office. The unshredded paperwork, which contained letters from ministers, was found dumped outside the business secretary’s Twickenham office. Personal details of constituents were also found in transparent…
Birmingham Man Indicted for Financial Access-Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
A federal grand jury indicted a Birmingham man on three counts of financial access-device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. The indictment was announced on November 1. The indictment filed in U.S. District Court charges that Manuel Chaney III, also known as “Trey,” possessed more than 15 account numbers and used them to conduct…
MN: Stolen Hard Drive Recovered
Mallory Peebles reports: A stolen hard drive belonging to the city of Waseca is safely recovered. The hard drive is recovered after Waseca police received a tip call about teens looking into cars. The juveniles were questioned and one voluntarily admitted to taking the hard drive from a vehicle last Monday. It contained personal information…
Data breach puts 16,000 Finns’ details online
YLE reports: More than 16,000 Finnish people have had their data leaked on a file-sharing website. Social security numbers, home addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses were among the leaked data. According to F-Secure CEO Mikko Hyppönen, it is not yet known how the information ended up online, but it looks as though it could…