Harbor Freight Tools USA has been notifying customers of a hack that occurred in May and was discovered on July 2. In their letter, they write: Over the summer, Harbor Freight Tools’ payment processing system was illegally attacked by cyber-criminals. The attack was similar to attacks reported by other national retailers. In response, we immediately…
Category: U.S.
Update: Final Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participating in Identity Theft Scam
On September 30, there was an update from the IRS’s Criminal Investigation unit to an insider breach previously reported on this blog: The final two defendants charged in relation to an identity theft scam that used identities stolen from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to file fraudulent tax returns were sentenced…
Genesis Rehabilitation Services employee loses unencrypted thumb drive with employees’ information
Genesis Rehabilitation Services in Pennsylvania reports that an employee lost a thumb drive with the unencrypted personal information of 33 employees, agency employees, or applicants to GRS. The information on the drive included individuals’ names, postal or email addresses, and Social Security numbers. The drive had reportedly been left in a secure office at Lebanon Center,…
FL: Former Broward court clerk pleads guilty to ID theft
Tonya Alanez reports on yet another insider breach as part of a tax refund fraud ring in Florida. This one involves a Broward County court clerk: Porscha Kyles, 25, of Davie, pleaded guilty Monday to using her work computer to steal drivers’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other personal information while working at the…
Update: Adobe Breach Impacted At Least 38 Million Users
Brian Krebs has updated his investigation into the Adobe hack that was originally reported to have affected 2.9 million customers. In a post on KrebsonSecurity.com today, Brian writes that at least 38 million are affected. But just this past weekend, AnonNews.org posted a huge file called “users.tar.gz” that appears to include more than 150 million username and…
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty To His Involvement In An Identity Theft Scheme Using Stolen Prisoner Names
Harvey James pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for his role in a tax refund fraud scheme using stolen inmate information. The plea was announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George…