Hiawatha Bray of the Boston Globe had an article in today’s paper about the 807 breach notifications the state received over a two-year period. The article referenced some breaches not previously reported in the media: Smaller incidents include the theft in October of three laptop computers from the Springfield accounting firm Moriarty & Primack. The…
Category: Theft
ID theft and bank fraud ringleader sentenced
Alonzo Lamar Holloway, 44, of Oakland, California, was sentenced on Monday on a four-count Indictment that charged him with bank fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and identity theft. Holloway, who is one of 16 defendants from Oakland charged in a long-running investigation conducted by the…
UK: Credit card provider suffers breach, personal data lost
MBNA, the UK¹s largest credit card provider, has confirmed that a laptop containing the personal details of its customers has been stolen from one of its third party contractors NCO Europe Ltd earlier this month. The information is said to include personal details, however, no PIN numbers were reported to be contained in…
(follow-up) PennDOT computer heist remains unsolved
This breach was reported back in 2006 and covered on PogoWasRight.org at the time. If you were wondering what happened since then, it appears that the incident is still a mystery. Three years after a mysterious heist of computer equipment from a state driver’s license center, police are still unsure why the crooks targeted the…
Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance and Personnel agrees to improve data security
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance and Personnel in breach of the Data Protection Act after approximately 37,000 people’s personal details were stolen. Stephen Peover, the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Finance and Personnel, has signed a formal Undertaking to improve data security. The ICO, the UK’s privacy…
VA: Laptop containing personal information about MWR customers stolen (update 1)
FMWRC Public Affairs posted the following on www.army.mil: A laptop computer containing names and personally identifiable information for slightly more than 42,000 Fort Belvoir Morale, Welfare and Recreation patrons was stolen from a Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command employee Nov. 28. The Family and MWR Command was made aware of the theft Dec….