LOS ANGELES – A man who was on parole for identity theft when he participated in a second identity theft scheme that resulted in authorities recovering 300,000 consumer profiles has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Robert Delgado Jr., 40, of Monterey Park, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge R. Gary…
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(Update) Former Eastern Michigan University student charged in security breach of students’ information
There’s been an arrest in the Eastern Michigan University breach originally reported in March. The Associated Press reports that a former student has been charged with eight felony counts in connection with the security breach that reportedly involved 45 students’ personal information. They also report that according to university officials, a warrant has been issued…
CA: Former employees of bankrupt aluminum plant put at risk when their records left behind for scavengers
Going bankrupt must suck, but screwing your former employees by putting them at risk of ID theft is just not an okay way to handle bankruptcy. J.N. Sbranti reports: It was a filthy job, but 40 workers spent Tuesday picking up papers — including confidential employee records — that had been blowing around an abandoned…
Anonymous tipster claims Internet security breach at Pan American Games
Lori Ewing reports: Journalists covering the Pan American Games, including about two dozen Canadians, could be at risk of identity theft or fraud. Personal information about the media is accessible through the Games website, according to an anonymous tipster who emailed reporters Monday. The tipster, identified by the pseudonym Galileo Trueman, emailed reporters claiming he…
Appeals court decision in Hannaford data breach case could signal new approach
Judy Greenwald reports that at least one lawsuit against Hannford Bros following their 2007 breach is still alive: An appeals court’s decision to permit negligence and contract putative class action litigation to proceed in a grocery store chain data breach because of the alleged damages incurred could signal a change in courts’ approach to this…
Anonymous and Antisec Attack Law Enforcement Websites
Quinn Norton reports: Anonymous and Antisec factions dumped files on the net Friday detailing data from the computer systems of multiple law enforcement agencies and a law enforcement vendor, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s office in Alabama. […] The notice references a 600mb data dump…