Jennifer Peltz of Associated Press reports: Dozens of people have been charged with forming a prolific identity theft ring that used thousands of stolen credit card numbers to shop at Apple stores around the country, according to a court document and a law enforcement official. The group obtained stolen account numbers, forged credit cards and…
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NC: Book Store Security Breach Causing Financial Aid Problems For Some ECU Students
Fraudulent charges linked to a breach at the University Book Exchange near East Carolina University continue to show up and the number of irate comments start to pile up. WITN follows up on a breach they reported last week. Almost a month after a security breach was recognized and fixed at a local bookstore near…
(follow-up) HuskyDirect.com site still down, some victims report fraud
As a follow-up to a previously reported breach involving a hack of HuskyDirect.com, there are now some reports suggesting that the data may have been misused. Back on January 11, U.Conn had posted a notice to its web site: The UConn Co-op was informed by its vendor that there has been a data security incident involving…
New York woman pleads guilty to ID theft scheme
Kylie Cerda, 46, pleaded guilty last week to stealing more than $300,000 dollars from JPMorgan Chase Bank and more than $30,000 dollars from Citibank through the use of stolen bank customer account numbers, identities, and personal identifying information. The plea was announced by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. According to documents filed in court and…
Minnesota Education Department improperly releases transcripts from online charter school
Mila Koumpilova reports: The Minnesota Department of Education improperly released the transcripts of 20 students at the online BlueSky Charter School in November, the department acknowledged Friday. The department uncovered the privacy breach this week while processing a new data request regarding the school, spokeswoman Charlene Briner said. Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, who took over the…
Possible security breach involving Xavier University?
On January 26, Jennifer Baker of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Miller Beckham III, 32, of Springfield Township was charged with demanding $20,000 from Xavier University in exchange for not publicly releasing personal student documents. On January 27, Cliff Peal of the same paper reported that students had not been notified of any breach and…