Federal prosecutors have charged a Nelnet [National Education Loan Network] employee with fraud after she allegedly used customers’ information to apply for personal loans. Jovita D. Benford, 23, of Lincoln was charged with unauthorized computer access Monday in U.S. District Court. A screen recording of her computer by Nelnet found she completed pre-paid credit card applications…
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Update: Lone Star Steakhouse settles complaint by Kansas AG; management firm pay $200,000 for improperly dumping employee records
Back in March, I covered a breach involving Lone Star Business Solutions. Now KWCH reports that as a result of their news coverage and a resulting investigation by the Attorney General Derek Schmidt, LS Management, the management firm for Lone Star Steakhouse, will pay a fine of $200,000 – the largest consumer protection fine ever…
UC Riverside Credit/Debit Card Security Breach May Have Affected 5,000; Fraudulent Charges Reported
The University of California – Riverside issued the following notice today: UC Riverside is reporting that campus cash registers at food services locations were compromised by a cyberhacker. Although the problem was discovered and repaired last week, hackers may have gained access to 5,000 individual card numbers. The campus community has been notified by email….
NZ: Kaeo Primary School privacy breach ‘an error’
Joseph Aldridge reports: The principal of a small Northland school who posted private student information online says it was done “in error” and he removed it from the school website as soon as he was informed. Kaeo Primary School’s Paul Barker said he mistakenly posted a “teachers only” version of student achievement information on the…
Texas realty firm’s renters’ details and payments dumped on Pastebin
Whoa. Maybe all companies should add “check Pastebin” to their daily security to-do list. A series of three data dumps from Carbajal Realty, Inc. in Waco, Texas reveals names, e-mail addresses, rental addresses, and payment info for approximately 625 renters. Here’s a redacted entry: payment_time=2010-07-07 05:57:04 rental_street=xxxx S. 10th Street amount=425.00 phone=214-998-xxxx contact_name=xxxxx_xxxx [email protected] payments_id=479…
101Domain.com Suffers Securty Breach
Michael H. Berkens reports: 101Domain.com has apparently suffered a security breach which “may have resulted in unauthorized access to your personal information and possibly payment information.” According to Webhosting.info, 101domain.com has around 10,000 domain names under management. Read more on TheDomains.com. From the notification letter: We are writing to you as a primary contact on your account with…