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CA: Help-desk employee who helped himself to co-worker’s information, sentenced to prison

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Dissent

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Khris St. Ives Dulay Lu was sentenced in federal court in San Diego by United States District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, based upon his conviction for credit card fraud, in violation of…

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Prosecutors: Hacker stole Seattleites’ credit card info for drug money

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dissent

Levi Pullkinen reports: A Seattle grand jury has indicted a Maryland man accused of hacking into the credit card systems of several Seattle businesses and using stolen funds to fuel his heroin addiction. Currently in inpatient treatment for drug addition, 20-year-old Christopher A. Schroebel is facing federal hacking charges related to a string of high-tech…

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(update) Michaels Stores Still PINned beneath Payment Card Skimming Lawsuit

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dissent

Ah, I missed a ruling.  Thankfully, Brendon Tavelli didn’t. He writes: In May 2011, Michaels Stores reported that “skimmers” using modified PIN pad devices in eighty Michaels stores across twenty states had gained unauthorized access to customers’ debit and credit card information. Not a pretty picture for Michaels. Lawsuits soon splattered on the specialty arts…

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How do you define “finite and very small:” Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas disclose breach

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dissent

Steve Daniels reports: Peoples Gas and sister utility North Shore Gas have notified an undisclosed number of customers of the possible theft and potential use of personal information about them by a contract worker. The natural gas utilities, which serve nearly 1 million customers in the city of Chicago and many northern suburbs, said in…

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Update to Restaurant Depot/Jetro breach

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dissent

The recent Restaurant Depot/Jetro breach that I reported on Dec. 7  provides a timely example of the issue of unreimbursed harm that consumers grapple with on a daily basis.  As I continue to follow media coverage on that breach, it is clear that not only is there financial impact of this breach (the hacked card numbers…

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Former RadioShack worker pleads guilty to using customer’s info for identity theft

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dissent

Dianna Hunt reports: A former RadioShack customer service representative pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to stealing customers’ personal information while trying to resolve their problems. Youlanda Rochelle Wright used the information to file a false income tax return in a client’s name to get a refund of $3,654, according to court records. Wright entered…

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