So it only took like four years, but now we know. That 2012 Dropbox hack that recently led to additional password resets? The 2012 hack reportedly affected 68,680,741 accounts. And maybe someone can explain why in 2016 we’re all first finding out the scope of older breaches like this one and LinkedIn, Tumblr, and MySpace, to name just some….
Category: U.S.
AZ Computer Expert Sentenced to Prison After $571,000 Theft
PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a judge sentenced Steve Nolte to 9 years in prison for stealing more than $571,000 from his former employer. The sentence imposed by the Court was ordered to run consecutive to Nolte’s three-year federal prison sentence for passport fraud, aggravated identity theft, and use of a falsely-obtained Social Security Number. On…
Former Car Dealership Employee Sentenced for her Participation in a Stolen Identity Tax Fraud Scheme
A Jensen Beach resident was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for her participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme. Micheline Eppolito, 29, of Jensen Beach, was previously convicted at trial of one count of possessing fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, affecting interstate commerce, in violation…
Nearly two dozen arrested in wide-ranging drug raids, including in SF
GFarma News reports: Nearly 20 people were arrested late last week in Drug Enforcement Agency task force raids across Northern California, including at two locations in San Francisco, in what federal authorities are calling a “broad ranging criminal conspiracy” to traffic methamphetamines, heroin and other drugs. […] The affidavit also alleges that Claudia Munoz, Escalante’s…
ID: Accounting firm Presnell Gage reports data security breach
The Lewiston Tribune reports: The personal information of Presnell Gage Accounting and Consulting clients may have been accessed without authorization during a recent data security breach, according to a company news release. A small percentage of clients had fraudulent tax returns filed without their authorization, according to a news release from the Lewiston-based company. Presnell…
Harbin Clinic notifies patients that records stored at Iron Mountain are lost, missing, or destroyed
Seen on their web site: On August 2, 2016, Harbin Clinic was notified by document storage facility Iron Mountain, Inc., that several boxes of medical records are unaccounted for and/or are missing or destroyed from their Atlanta facility. Harbin Clinic engaged the data safety warehouse to maintain the privacy of our patients’ records, as Iron Mountain…