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Fourth defendant sentenced in scheme using stolen credit card numbers purchased on the internet

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Dissent

U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Tomeka V. Harris, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, Friday to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring with the leader of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) in Maryland to distribute heroin; and in a separate criminal case, for conspiring to commit…

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Saint Louis University employees notified of computer breach

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Dissent

KSDK alerts us to a breach involving the Saint Louis University network. Although the university has not posted anything to its web site at the time of this posting, KSDK reports that faculty, students and staff have been notified about a computer breach. The station also provides a copy of the email sent to those…

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NY: 61,001 Stony Brook University IDs Leaked On the Net

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Dissent

Kevin Lizarazo reports: A file containing 61,001 names, including NetIDs and SBU IDs, was leaked on the Internet on Dec. 14., prompting the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to investigate the incident. Richard W. Reeder, DoIT’s Chief Information Officer, called the disclosure “very irresponsible.” A user posted the file on sbuchat.com, a website described on…

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TX: Ex-cons accused of running ID theft ring

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Dissent

Jessica Willey reports: With the arrest of two men, investigators say they have uncovered a major, statewide identity theft ring. Authorities say it wasn’t hard for the two suspects to find their victims. […] Police say [Geoffrey] Wentzel and Richard Conatser, both ex-cons who know each other from prison, ran a far-reaching identity theft ring….

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(update) Butte reports spike in identity theft

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dissent

Melanie Yuill reports: Dozens of identity theft cases are being reported in Butte. Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh says there are 82 reports of credit card or debit card fraud in the area. The investigation is being handled by the U.S. Secret Service. Sheriff Walsh says the problem appears to be coming from electronic readers…

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(follow-up) Fired Fannie Mae contractor sentenced to 41 mos. for attempting to destroy all data on servers

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dissent

U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced computer programmer Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana, age 36, of Montgomery County, Maryland, today to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for computer intrusion arising from the transmission of malicious script to Fannie Mae’s computer servers. A federal jury convicted Makwana on October 4, 2010….

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