A Malaysian national wanted by Australian police over a huge card-skimming operation has been arrested at Darwin airport. The man had been implicated in a syndicate which allegedly stole money from Victorian teller machines, using data stolen from interstate bank account-holders. The man, 24, was arrested by Australian Customs Service officers at Darwin Airport on…
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Atlassian hacked (update 1)
From the Atlassian company blog: Around 9pm U.S. PST Sunday evening, Atlassian detected a security breach on one of our internal systems. The breach potentially exposed passwords for customers who purchased Atlassian products before July 2008. During July 2008, we migrated our customer database into Atlassian Crowd, our identity management product, and all customer passwords…
In: Lawyer held for data theft from office
Aneesh Phadnis reports: A junior lawyer, who uploaded over 4,000 documents related to suits and litigations from his office server to personal email accounts, has been booked for data theft. On Friday, the Vakola police arrested Chittaranjan Das after his employer, advocate Rajesh Sharma, complained that he had transferred documents from the office server to…
Six face charges in ID theft ring
From the Monterey County Herald: Six people have been charged with using stolen identities to run up tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges in the San Francisco Bay Area. The defendants were arraigned Thursday in Santa Clara County Superior Court. They did not enter pleas. The state Attorney General’s Office says the defendants…
Cedar Falls Pita Pit Customers Experience Credit Card Fraud
Claire Kellett reports: Cedar Falls police are investigating an unusually high amount of credit card fraud just in the past few days. The department says isolated cases are common, but it is receiving enough reports to consider asking the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation for help. Police say this is affecting both debit cards and…
(update) Credit card fraud reports still growing
The Stillwater case keeps growing….. and in this installment, it seems that it’s less clear how the breach occurred than previously thought. Peter Cox reports: Police have taken nearly 200 reports from people affected by credit card numbers apparently stolen from the Mad Capper Bar and Restaurant in downtown Stillwater. Investigator Kyle Sykes, who is…