City News Service reports: Sheriff’s detectives investigating an identity theft case involving a Valencia laboratory publicized the crime Wednesday in the hope of finding other victims and suspects. All of the victims identified so far had done business with Specialty Laboratories at 27027 Tourney Road, according to Sgt. Darren Harris of the sheriff’s Santa Clarita…
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Former National City Bank debit accounts hacked
Ieva M. Augstums reports: PNC Financial Services Group is investigating a systemwide account breach that affects former National City Bank customers and their debit card accounts. […] Bank officials were made aware of the data breach earlier this week, but Solomon would not say how many customers’ accounts have been compromised or how much money…
(update) Credit card servers hacked at Small Dog Electronics
Matt Ryan reports on a breach previously covered here last month with some updated information: The day after an earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Small Dog Electronics began collecting and matching donations to aid the relief effort. As the fundraiser got under way, a hacker accessed the company’s security system and started stealing donors’ credit card…
3 Puerto Rican men arrested for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft
Three Puerto Rican men indicted for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft where arrested Friday following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation. According to the ICE investigation, Harry Maysonet, Angel Jimenez and Carlos Velez De Jesus, enriched themselves with monies illegally obtained from the Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PFCU) by submitting fraudulent automobile…
(follow-up) Valdosta State Mops Up Data Breach
Dian Schaffhauser reports: With the help of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and its own campus police, the IT staff at Valdosta State University is continuing to investigate an incident of unauthorized access to a campus server. The server held student and staff social security numbers and grades dating back to the mid-1990s. Some public…
Computer theft raises fraud concern at Cal State L.A.
Larry Gordon reports: Cal State Los Angeles has notified 232 former students that a computer stolen from the mathematics department office last month may have contained personal information such as their Social Security numbers and grades. The names include students who took certain math classes between summer 1999 and fall 2005. Read more in the…