This is a follow-up on reports that started appearing in April of this year. Authorities originally estimated that there might be 5,800 victims, but it seems the number has climbed. Amanda Moyer reports: More identity theft cases stemming from a bust earlier this year are coming to light. Police say the total is up to…
Category: Breach Incidents
Stolen hard drive could affect 582 Ohioans enrolled in United Healthcare Medicare plans – but they’re just finding out more than 3 months later
Tim Tresslar reports: United Healthcare said Tuesday a hard drive containing information on 582 Ohioans who are members of its Medicare plans has been stolen from a vendor.The Minnetonka, Minn.-based company said it is notifying the affected members by mail. United HealthCare’s commercial health plans are not affected. The hard drive belonged to Futurity First Insurance Group,…
Sony attacked again – 93,000 usernames and passwords compromised
Associated Press reports: Sony said Wednesday intruders staged a massive attempt to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services in the second major attack on its flagship gaming site this year. The Tokyo-based company temporarily locked about 93,000 accounts whose IDs and passwords were successfully ascertained by the blitz. Sony…
Find2Trade.com User Accounts leaked and a dump of other crap….
Once again some one has been out using Havij doing SQLi injects. The latest website to be hit and have a user database leaked is Find2Trade.com, a website that is an internet portal whose main goal is to help small and medium enterprises to reach much higher profits while reducing costs by publishing information about…
Malpractice lawyer loses hard drive with patient records
Tricia Bishop reports: A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Mark G. Midei for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. The drive was lost Aug. 4 by an employee of the firm Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones who was traveling…
GA: Former bank employee accused of theft, identity fraud
J. Scott Trubey reports: A Villa Rica woman who formerly worked for a bank will make an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she siphoned money out of customer accounts and stole identities to make fraudulent loans. Sherri Whitlock Hines, 40, was indicted last week in Carroll County Superior Court on five counts of…