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(UPDATE) Over 21,000 affected by DentaQuest breach in March still have not been notified

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Dissent

Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: From the what-took-so-long dept: On May 11, this site reported that the New Mexico Human Services Department had just revealed that a laptop theft that occurred on March 20 affected about 9,600 people. The laptop was stolen from the car of an employee of West Monroe Partners, a subcontractor for DentaQuest, the…

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Security breach exposes Tufts alumni records (UPDATE)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dissent

Thousands of Tufts University alumni have received letters over the past few days warning about a computer security breach that may have left their social security numbers and other personal information exposed. According to school officials, several computers were exposed to an unknown virus or malicious software program. The computers contained old student files and…

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Ex-LA Social Worker Charged In $1M Tax Return Scam

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dissent

A former Los Angeles County social services worker has been charged with filing bogus tax returns using indigent clients’ identities to obtain $1 million in tax refunds. The U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday that Trang Van Dinh was indicted on 11 counts of identity theft and 11 counts of making false claims to the United…

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Another Small Company Takes a Financial Hit on the Cyber Chin

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dissent

Matthew Gardiner writes: Similar to the case of Hillary Machinery that I previously blogged about, another small company, DKG Enterprises, has recently taken a nearly $100K hit from cyber thieves.  Very simply the thieves stole the corporate controller’s banking credentials, fraudulently transferred money to multiple mules, and voila, goodbye $100K.  The headline of the KrebsonSecurity…

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CO: Credit card fraud rising Havasu residents reporting more cases each year

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dissent

Jayne Hanson reports: A credit card fraud phenomenon sweeping the nation has caused concern for Lake Havasu City Police Department’s white-collar crimes experts. […] “What we are seeing is some new type of activity,” said Lake Havasu City Police Det. Scott Cheshire. When merchants use virtual credit card systems to batch charges at the end…

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Crooks Steal $644,000 from NYC Department of Education

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Dissent

Michael Cheek reports: Hackers have defrauded the New York City’s Department of Education of more than $644,000 by targeting an online bank account used to manage petty cash expenditures, according to investigators. The Department of Education’s bank account with JPMorgan Chase was supposed to have a $500 limit but, due to an oversight, any amount…

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