When security researcher Chris Vickery was unable to get sports trading card giant Topps to respond to his notification that a database was exposing mobile apps fans’ information, DataBreaches.net stepped up to the plate. The exposed database was not the first time MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery had seen Topps mobile app fan data leaking….
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Former ProMedica therapist convicted of illegally obtaining patient data
An update on a previously noted insider breach case. From NBC24: A former ProMedica respiratory therapist has been convicted in federal court of illegally obtaining health information while employed at Bay Park Hospital. A trial began against Jamie Knapp, 27, began on Monday in U.S. District Court in Toledo. The former ProMedica employee was tried…
Palm Beach County Resident Pleads Guilty in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy Involving Students and Other Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information
A Palm Beach County resident pled guilty for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud conspiracy involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Oniel Winston Scarlett, 28, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to retain and conceal monies stolen from the United States, and to commit identity…
Abingdon Avon employee arrested a month after a data breach
There’s a follow-up to an investigation noted previously on this site. KWQC reports that the he Abingdon-Avon School District’s IT Director has been arrested just a month after the district revealed it was investigating an employee for a data breach impacting student grades and grade point averages (GPAs). Court records show Mark L. Rodgers is charged with…
Payroll company employee stole customer funds, feds claim
Robert Patrick reports: An employee of a payroll processing company changed clients’ account information to re-direct their pay, an indictment filed Wednesday says. Courtland Iverson and Romel Handson were each indicted on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Read more on: St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The payroll processing firm is not named in…
VA: Former nurse charged with stealing patients’ personal information (updated)
BSomers reports that Capri Williams, formerly employed as a nurse at Commonwealth Primary Care, is facing federal charges of bank fraud and identity theft. She is scheduled for her first court appearance on Friday. The US Attorney’s Office said she used personal information from hundreds of patients to try and open new bank and credit accounts. In one case,…