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IN: Woman given probation for role in ID theft scheme

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Dissent

Following up on a previously noted insider breach in the financial sector… NWI reports: A woman was sentenced Thursday to five years on probation and ordered to pay $47,449 in restitution to Fifth Third Bank for an identity theft scam, U.S. District Court records show. Kathryn Jackson was employed as a lead customer service representative…

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European Central Bank website hacked, extortion attempt

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Dissent

(Update: as a commenter kindly points out to me, this breach was from last July, not this one!) BBC reports: The website of the European Central Bank (ECB) has been hacked, with personal information stolen. The hacker demanded money for stolen data, which included contact information for people who had registered for events at the…

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UK: FoI reveals scale of financial data loss

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Dissent

Tessa Norman reports on the results of a freedom of information request filed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the U.K.: Incidents reported to the regulator include a consumer credit firm which lost in transit a server containing customer details, affecting 5 million people. The regulator informed the Information Commissioner’s Office of the incident….

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UK: Customer Data Leaked in Possible Bitcoin Vendor Breach

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Dissent

Stan Higgins reports: A UK bitcoin vendor may have suffered a security breach, temporarily exposing customer data to the public. Visitors to the website for CoinCut, based in London, were able to access directories that included images of passports, credit and debit cards and personal IDs. The site was taken offline, and it is unclear how long the information…

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FBI, Israel Make Securities Fraud Arrests Tied to JPMorgan Hack

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Dissent

Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson report: Law enforcement authorities arrested four people in Israel and Florida and revealed a complex securities fraud scheme tied to the computer hacks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial institutions. Officials said a fifth person remains at large. The morning arrests are the culmination of a months-long investigation…

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UniCredit.ua and RBC.ua compromised with RIG exploit kit

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dissent

Nick Bilogorskiy writes: Cyphort Labs discovered a malware infection at the Ukrainian website of UniCredit bank –  unicredit.ua . UniCredit Group is a leading European commercial bank with an international network spanning 17 European countries with more than 149,000 employees.  It has 950 billion Euros in assets. UniCredit is the largest Italian bank by market capitalization. The…

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