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Police shed light on Japan’s black market for personal info

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Dissent

I just read an interesting news piece related to the previous blog entry on the black market sale of personal information in Japan. It seems that Japan’s personal information protection law which went into effect in 2005 created the market, and one group made almost $11 million using employees of numerous companies to provide the…

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JP: Suspects arrested in data leak probe made 100 million yen selling personal info

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Dissent

The Mainichi reports: A group of eight men under arrest for illegally obtaining and leaking personal information raked in nearly 100 million yen by selling information from family registries they had illegally obtained over the past five years, investigative sources said. But the 100 million yen – U.S. $1,282,780.00 – wasn’t their only profits. According…

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FL: Server at Chili’s accused of stealing card numbers

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Dissent

An all-too-common insider breach in the hospitality sector: Investigators say a server at a DeLand Chili’s restaurant stole customers’ bank card numbers and went on a shopping spree. They said Niquarus Rawls managed to rack up $24,000 before he was caught. Read more on WDBO.

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Aegon sent us details of rival advisers’ investors and its response was highly disappointing

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Dissent

John Taylor of Whitehall Partnership writes: Aegon, the insurance company recently transferred the personal details of around 35 clients to our firm due to an administrative error. This allowed us to see personal information of their customers over the internet and to the ability make changes to their investments. The error came to our attention…

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IA: Officials confirm credit and debit cards used at Pzazz casino compromised last year

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Dissent

Andy Hoffman reports: Officials at the Pzazz entertainment complex in Burlington have confirmed “computer hackers” breached security at their facility last year, resulting in dozens of credit card numbers being stolen. Rob Higgins, general manager of the complex, recently sent letters to several American Express cardholders who were victimized last year by high-tech thieves who…

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2 charged with stealing credit card info at Helena eatery

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Dissent

Melissa Anderson reports: Two men have been charged with several counts of deceptive practices after allegedly stealing credit card numbers from restaurant patrons. Liang Wang, 29, and Ke Xu, 25, appeared in Helena Justice Court on Wednesday on six felony counts each. An interpreter from Hong Kong translated the charges since neither of the suspects…

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