At least 87 cases of identity theft have been reported by employees of Schield Family Brands. Schield includes four central Wisconsin window and door manufacturers, Medford-based Weather Shield and Mosinee-based Peachtree, Vetter and Crestline. Current Schield employees and those who have worked for the company at any time since 1992 were targeted in the thefts,…
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WA: ID thief pleads guilty to 85 counts
Jeremy Pawloski reports: An Olympia-area man who was arrested in January in the largest identity theft case in Thurston County history pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree identity theft and 82 counts of second-degree identity theft. Anthony Vaughn, 30, will be sentenced in two to three weeks, according to Thurston County Deputy Prosecuting…
MN: Allianz temp worker accused of identity theft
Susan Feyder reports: A 30-year-old Minneapolis woman has been accused of using her job as a temporary employee of Allianz Life Insurance Co. to steal the identities of five people in a scheme that resulted in losses of more than $50,000. Monique Fletcher, who worked for from October 2008 until April 2009, is scheduled to…
Sony game user accounts breached; 77 mil. may be affected
Looks like we have a new addition to the Top 10 list of all-time biggest breaches. Taro Koyano of Yomiuri Shimbun reports: The personal information of about 77 million users worldwide of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation and Qriocity online services may have been leaked, the company said Tuesday. Sony said its PlayStation Network services for online…
GM workers in Lansing victimized by out-of-state credit-card fraud
John Agar reports: Police say 50 workers at the General Motors assembly plant near Lansing have reported fraudulent use of their credit and debit cards. Unauthorized charges have been made at out-of-state businesses, Eaton County Sheriff’s Department reported. […] That scenario has played out in recent months in the Grand Rapids area – with arrests…
TX: Comptroller heads to court after security breach
John A. Salazar reports: The Texas Comptroller faces her first legal hurdle after a year-long privacy breach resulted in the online exposure of 3.5 million Texans’ private information. The Texas Civil Rights Project and Austin attorney Jim Harrington filed a petition against Comptroller Susan Combs in District Court. The petition asks for Combs to go on…