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TN: College, government officials among fraud victims in Gallatin area

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

There’s a rash of card fraud in Gallatin, Tennessee, and authorities have not yet identified the point of compromise. On July 20, Sarah Kingsbury reported: A recent outbreak of credit card fraud has victimized at least two dozen consumers around Gallatin and Hendersonville, including government and college officials. Volunteer State Community College Dean of Humanities…

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Estée Lauder employees notified that their data were on stolen laptop

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

Another day, another stolen laptop with employee data. This time it’s New York-headquartered Estée Lauder. In a notification letter dated July 13 that omits important details, the firm’s lawyer writes that the company “recently learned” about the theft of a company-issued laptop that contained names and Social Security Numbers of current and former employees and…

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Another simple human error results in breach costs

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York recently notified 705 individuals of a breach following an e-mail error by a home employee. According to their letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of July 13, on April 29, the employee sent an encrypted email to a third-party…

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Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant breach raises issues of law enforcement’s role in notifying the public (updated)

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Dissent

Brandon Scott reports that authorities have now named the source of a rash of card fraud reports in Huntsville, Texas. But what may be most significant about the news report is its focus on how law enforcement decided whether to – or when – reveal the point of compromise: … Huntsville Police Department, Walker County…

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Former JPMorgan Chase Banker Pleads Guilty to ID Theft

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Dissent

The press release from Manhattan District Attorney Vance: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the guilty plea of HAO “HOWIE” WANG, 28, for stealing more than $1.1 million from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (“JPMC”) and stealing the identities of four victims.  WANG pled guilty to Grand Larceny in the First Degree, Identity…

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(Follow-up) Hacker Sentenced In Virginia to 10 Years In Prison For Stealing 675,000 Credit Card Numbers Leading To $36 Million In Losses

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Dissent

 Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, of Lithonia, Ga., was sentenced today to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in Alexandria, Va., for trafficking in counterfeit credit cards and aggravated identity theft, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern…

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