Paul Srubas reports: A second man implicated in an Internet attack on Angel Soft bathroom tissue’s website three years ago was sentenced recently in federal court in Green Bay. Jacob Wilkens, 24, of Postville, Iowa, must spend two years on probation and pay $110,933 in restitution, Magistrate Judge James Sickel ordered last week. Christopher Sudlik,…
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Kickstarter hacked – change your passwords
Yancey Strickler, CEO of Kickstarter writes: On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of our customers’ data. Upon learning this, we immediately closed the security breach and began strengthening security measures throughout the Kickstarter system. No credit card data of any kind…
UK: Parking firm pulls app after dev claims: I can SEE credit card privates
Jasper Hamill reports: An automated parking firm has halted public access to its payment app after a blogger identified a serious security flaw which he claimed allowed him to see other users’ credit card information. According to Matt Cheetham, an iOS developer based in Bournemouth, the Phone and Pay app was so leaky that he could easily…
FL: Three Jailed for role in tax refund fraud scheme using prisoners’ identity info
Jeff Goldman reports that Rodney St. Fleur’s (aka Rodney Saintfleur) co-conspirators have been sentenced for their roles in the tax refund fraud scheme: Frantz Pierre, 34, Terry Pierre, 29, and Christmanie Bissainthe, 33, were recently sentenced to prison for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund (SIRF) scheme involving approximately $2.2 million in fraudulent…
Pharmacy benefits management firm notifies clients’ employees whose data were stolen by employee for tax refund fraud (update1)
Tampa-based My Matrixx provides pharmacy and ancillary services for workers’ compensation programs. In November 2013, they were contacted by federal law enforcement and notified that a former employee of theirs in Florida was under investigation for filing fraudulent tax returns. By that time, the employee was no longer in their employ, but they were asked not…
Indiana unemployment payments slowed by Target data breach
The Target breach is having some effects we might not normally anticipate. Stephen Dean reports that the bank that issues debit cards used for state unemployment benefits has been so tied up reissuing credit and debit cards from the Target breach that people waiting for unemployment debit cards have been delayed in receiving them. And…