Levi Pulkkinen reports that a disgruntled ex-employee is charged with computer sabotage: In charging documents, King County prosecutors contend Ricardo T. Valencia, 35, broke into the World Vision server system in the week preceding July 3. The malicious conduct, prosecutors allege, continued in the following weeks, ultimately costing the international children’s charity $12,500 in repairs….
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Laptop With Personal Information Stolen From Aurora St. Luke’s
A Milwaukee hospital is warning thousands of its patients that personal information about them may have been stolen. The theft happened at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center on Milwaukee’s south side. More than 6,000 people, who were in-patients here at St. Luke’s will be getting a letter in the mail. It warns them that their…
MN: Identity theft cases prompt action by Department of Commerce
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is cracking down on identify theft in the state, targeting two collections agencies and a title insurance company in recent investigations. The department has accused the three companies – Morris Abstract & Title Inc. of New Prague, HS and Associates of South St. Paul and First Financial Services Inc. of…
Risky business: Remote Desktop opened the door for Aloha hackers
When nine restaurants in Louisiana and Mississippi filed lawsuits against Radiant Systems and its Louisiana distributor, they may have represented only the tip of a substantial iceberg of hacks affecting restaurants that used Radiant Systems’ Aloha POS system. It seems that the scope of the problem is first coming to the public’s attention approximately one…
Follow-up: Broker punished for dumping O.C. client data
Jeff Overley updates us on a previously reported breach: A Corona del Mar mortgage broker accused of dumping his clients’ financial information into public recycling bins has had his license suspended after declining to fight the allegations. According to state investigators, Paul Henry Reed, owner of Seaview Financial, closed his office in February, and boxes…
Former United Way Employee Sentenced for Damaging Charity’s Computer Network
A former United Way employee, Luis Robert Altamirano, was sentenced today on charges of computer fraud. Altamarino to 18 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In addition, the Court ordered him to pay more than $50,000 in restitution. Jeffery H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of…