More problems related to LogMeIn? If you’re dining out in Delaware, it may be safer to use cash. Dover Post reports: A number of restaurants in Delaware may have been affected by a security breach that compromised promised software used by customers to pay their bills. The alert was issued July 23 by the Delaware…
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Former eastern Jackson County car dealer sentenced in $1.1 million fraudulent loan case
Brian Burnes reports the sentencing of the owner of Edge Auto Sales, who misused his customers’ information. A former Kansas City-area used car dealer behind one of the largest identify theft cases ever prosecuted in a Missouri court was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Terry Lee Morrow Jr. used his customers’ names, birth…
Sandwich Chain Jimmy John’s Investigating Breach Claims
Brian Krebs reports: Sources at a growing number of financial institutions in the United States say they are tracking a pattern of fraud that indicates nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s may be the latest retailer dealing with a breach involving customer credit card data. The company says it is working with authorities on an investigation….
Two More Defendants Plead Guilty In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Jacqueline Nicole Lee Warrick, 26, of Miami, and Tracy Delva, 27, of Deerfield Beach, pled guilty today for their participation in a conspiracy to unjustly enrich themselves by stealing personal identifying information and using the information to make unauthorized wire transfers from the victims’ bank accounts and obtain unauthorized credit or debit cards. Co-defendant Chouman Emily Syrilien,…
Paddy Power discloses breach affecting 649K customers
Updated to include Paddy Power’s statement. John Mulligan reports on a data breach at the gambling firm Paddy Power, where details of over 649,000 customers have reportedly been stolen – perhaps as early as 2010: The stolen data includes personal information entered by customers signing up to the Paddy Power online service in 2010 and…
Lasko’s system may have been hacked back in 2011
Ouch. Lasko is notifying some customers of the Lasko and Air King web sites that on July 2, they became aware that some customers were receiving phishing e-mails. Investigation suggested that it may have been related to a hack of their system that exposed customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers and card…