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Eric Donys Simeu extradited from France; Phished GDS companies’ customers for login creds (Updated)

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Dissent

ATLANTA – Eric Donys Simeu, a/k/a Martell Collins, a citizen of Cameroon, has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and access device fraud.  Simeu was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on September 23, 2014. According to U.S. Attorney Horn, the charges, and other information presented in court:…

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City College of San Francisco notifies students after employee falls prey to phishing scam

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Dissent

The City College of San Francisco is notifying some students after an employee responded to a phishing scam. As the college explains in a letter from Jay Field, Chief Technology Officer: On April 15, 2016, we learned that an employee had responded to a “phishing” email thinking that it was a legitimate request. When we learned of this, we…

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Double whammy: Avention investigating two data breaches involving employee info

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Dissent

Massachusetts-based Avention, formerly known as OneSource Solutions, is investigating two recent data breaches that may, or may not, be the work of the same criminal(s). In a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, their external counsel provides a chronology of events, beginning with reports by some employees on April 19 that their tax returns had been rejected because…

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CA: Kern County Superintendent of Schools investigating employee data breach

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Dissent

Justin Burton reports: Employees of Kern Superintendent of Schools have been alerted to a data breach at the organization, 23ABC News has learned. In a note sent to staff members on Monday, Superintendent Christine Lizardi Frazier said the group’s payroll department fell victim to a data phishing scam. A KCSOS spokesman told 23ABC the incident…

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Two men charged in Belarus over Penneco Oil theft

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Dissent

AP reports that  two men have been charged by authorities in Belarus with receiving $1.35 million stolen from the bank account of Penneco Oil Co. in 2012 in a phishing scheme involving Bugat malware. I expect we’ll see a DOJ release on this later today or tomorrow, and I’ll update this post when it’s available.

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Employees at Saint Agnes Medical Center dealing with possibility of identity theft

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Dissent

KFSN reports: Thousands of employees at Saint Agnes Medical Center are dealing with the possibility of identity theft after a security breach. Scammers got the W-2’s of everyone employed by the hospital this week. The breach affected 2,800 employees. Read more on ABC.

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