Dennis Culver reports on a hack that probably won’t get prosecuted: The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday reported theft of intellectual property at the Hampton Inn at 11281 Summerlin Square Dr. The complainant, Esther Gayfield, told investigators an unknown suspect had hacked into the hotel’s computer system network and modified customer surveys…
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(Update) ALDI breach affected 17,000 New York residents
Back in October, I noted that the ALDI breach had affected 8,000 Maryland residents. New York State’s breach logs for October, posted online, indicates that ALDI had reported on October 1 that 17,000 NYS residents were affected. Given that the breach affected customers in 11 states and there are 25,000 affected in just two of…
TX: Pile of Sensitive Documents Found Near Bridge
Farrah Fazal reports: … Hundreds of documents with personal information were found tossed near a bridge and could have ended up in the wrong hands. In the pile of papers were receipts, invoices and canceled checks. There were also phone numbers, addresses, drivers licenses and a Social Security card. Most of the papers that were…
(update) UK: Another ex-staffer pleads guilty to massive T-Mobile data scam
As expected, another T-Mobile UK employee has pleaded guilty to selling customer data in a scheme that was first revealed in 2009: A former employee of T-Mobile UK has pleaded guilty to charges of stealing confidential information and selling it to a rival company. Last November, it was revealed that investigators at the UK’s Information…
Former Sprint-Nextel employee sentenced for improper disclosure of phone records to cocaine dealer
Amy Quesnel, 29, of Georgia, Vermont was sentenced yesterday to six months imprisonment to be followed by four months of home detention. Quesnel had previously pled guilty to a violation of the Telephone Records Privacy Protection Act, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. U.S. Attorney Coffin stated that…
(update) Fraud reports climb after Broadway Grill hack
Connie Thompson of KCBY reports that the POS hack that led to card fraud in the Capitol Hill area was a one-day intrusion on October 22nd that involved only one business (Broadway Grill). The number of reports of fraud continues to climb and may affect almost 1,000 individuals; card info was reportedly sold to others….