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Wells Fargo employee accused of accessing customers’ accounts

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Dissent

A Wells Fargo Bank employee working inside a bank call center was arrested Friday for accessing customer accounts and taking money out, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Ronita Prasad, 28, of Antelope gained access to customer accounts through a protected system without authorization. She used customer account access to pay her own debts, open…

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Amex cardholders’ data stolen by employee

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Dissent

A lot of sites are posting a news story with almost no details involving American Express. From what I read elsewhere about the notification, this is likely the incident that was reported here last month.

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An open letter to Heartland CEO Robert Carr

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Dissent

Rich Mogull of Securosis joins Mike Rothman in taking Heartland Payment Systems CEO Bob Carr to task for his comments that seemed to shift responsibility for the breach to the assessors who told them they were PCI-compliant: […] PCI compliance means you are compliant at a point in time, not secure for an indefinite future….

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Miami-Dade Schools employee faces fraud charges

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Dissent

Roshell Demps was hired to help Miami-Dade Schools personnel obtain their employee benefits…. Authorities say Demps used one employee’s personal information to open a credit card account — and then went on a spending spree. […] Most recently, [Demps] worked in the office that oversees healthcare benefits, life insurance and workers compensation. When authorities went…

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Stolen IDs help man pay for penis and breast enlargements

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Dissent

A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents and racked up $88,000 of bills in their names — some of which was used to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women — has pleaded guilty to more than 40 crimes, according to…

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Hackers strike UC Berkeley again

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Dissent

Hackers have struck again at UC Berkeley computers, this time at the Graduate School of Journalism, the university announced Tuesday. In a statement from the university’s Department of Public Affairs, the school said a hacker may have gained access to “Social Security numbers and/or dates of birth” of 493 applicants to the journalism school between…

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