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On the menu: stealing your details

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Dissent

Freeman Klopott reports: Wait staff at several Washington-area high-end restaurants stole credit card numbers from customers and ran up a $750,000 tab at stores like Gucci and Barney’s of New York, federal authorities said in court documents. […] The customers victimized at the District’s M&S Grill, 701 Restaurant, Clyde’s of Gallery Place and Bowie’s Carrabba’s…

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NY: Box delivered to Sun office leads to investigation

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Dissent

Grant Parpan of the North Shore Sun reports: A cardboard box filled with records from a Holbrook social worker’s office — including Social Security and bank account numbers, addresses and phone numbers of clients — was delivered to The North Shore Sun last week by a town worker who said he found it lying on…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: A skimmer that was attached to the Bank of America ATM in Bethlehem, PA, compromised 286 accounts. More. An estimated $1 million was skimmed this week from the accounts of people who used some ATMs in Melbourne. The ANZ Bank has canceled about 2000 cards. Five Romanian men have been charged…

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Pacific University Notifies Campus of Data Security Incident

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Dissent

A University-owned laptop stolen from a staff member’s residence on March 25, 2009 reportedly contained names and some personal information, but not any Social Security numbers. An FAQ on the incident is available on Pacific University’s web site.

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California mortgage broker charged in multimillion-dollar identity theft ring

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Dissent

Don Thompson of the Associated Press reports that Jerry Van Le has been accused of using stolen Social Security numbers from about 25 people to make purchases and then selling the personal information to over 2,000 other individuals in a multimillion-dollar identity theft ring. Le reportedly used his role as a mortgage broker to obtain…

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ACU says computer server hacked

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Dissent

Brian Bethel reports: An Abilene Christian University computer server was hacked near the end of February, but university officials do not at this point believe any personal information was distributed. An e-mail dated one week ago from the college’s information technology branch states that the school experienced a security breach in a database containing myACU…

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