I’ve previously noted that some state logs (like NYS’s) indicated that State Farm had reported some insider wrongdoing. Their notification to Maryland, dated June 24, provides additional details. According to their letter, an employee of a Florida State Farm agent was discovered to be selling lists of customer information to a third party. State Farm…
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Insider wrongdoing a low point for High Point University
In late June, High Point University in North Carolina discovered that an employee who had access to personal information of students had misused the credit card information of nine individuals for fraudulent purposes. The university notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on July 15 that they were notifying 634 Maryland residents of the breach. The employee…
Employee of Akamai Technologies charged with wire fraud in spying sting
Another reminder about insiders, even though in this case, no confidential data was actually compromised because a would-be spy delivered the information to an undercover federal agent. From the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts, a case first reported by Elizabeth Heichler on Computerworld: An employee of a high technology company headquartered…
Former Employee of Fannie Mae Contractor Convicted of Attempting to Destroy Fannie Mae Computer Data
Ah, the risks of disgruntled terminated employees. A federal jury convicted computer programmer Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana, age 36, of Montgomery County, Maryland, yesterday of computer intrusion arising from the transmission of malicious script to Fannie Mae’s computer servers. The verdict was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and…
CA: Former Has-Camino Travel Agency employee accused of theft of computers, customer info
A husband and wife from South Pasadena have been arrested on suspicion of breaking into a travel agency where the woman formerly worked and stealing computers and people’s personal information, authorities said Friday. Maureen Hizon, 35, is also being investigated on suspicion of embezzling about $100,000 from the Has-Camino Travel Agency, where she had worked…
FL: Ex-Waiter Accused Of Skimming Credit Cards
Carey Codd reports: A former waiter at a Southwest Ranches restaurant is accused of stealing the credit card numbers of more than two dozen customers. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Cristobal Chavez, 29, stole the credit card numbers by copying them with a device called a skimmer while working at the Romeus Cuban Restaurant….