Britni McDonald reports: Virginia Credit Union says more than 2,000 cardholders had their information breached and money stolen. The credit union says this is a case of ATM skimming, where fraudsters place a device on ATMs that allows them to gather data and duplicate cards. Three branches of the credit union are affected, including Glenside…
Category: Financial Sector
UK: ‘Outrage’ in Mansfield and Ashfield after personal records of hundreds of residents found dumped in bin
Joe Malone reports: Residents across Mansfield and Ashfield have been left ‘outraged’ after hearing that their private documents were found dumped in a recycle bin on Wednesday. The documents belong to a quick cash loan company called Morsesclub, who merged together with Shopacheck Financial Services Limited in March. Among the documents found in Sutton, were…
NJ: Hackers Steal $240K From Mahwah Businessman’s Bank Account
Sean Adams reports: In Mahwah, hackers set their sights on a local businessman and obtained enough of his personal information to convince his bank to wire $240,000 overseas. Police Chief James Batelli said they even hijacked the man’s phone number, so when the bank called to verify “That is call forwarded to Brussels and the person…
Heartland Payment Systems reports another breach (UPDATED)
Update: Heartland responded to this post with a statement. See the Comments section for their statement. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (“Heartland”), who made news when they disclosed a huge breach on President Obama’s first inauguration day, has reported another breach. This one appears to involve Heartland Payroll Solutions, Inc. In a letter to those affected, Heartland…
Skimmers Found at Two Bank of Colorado Branches
Police are hoping that citizens can help catch some men suspected of attaching credit card ‘skimmer’ devices at local banks….. The devices have been discovered on ATM machines at both branches of Bank of Colorado in Grand Junction. Read more on WesternSlopeNow.com.
Update on Sterne Agee Group laptop breach
Last July – and I missed this one at the time – Stan Diel reported; A laptop computer including some Sterne Agee Group Inc. clients’ account numbers, Social Security numbers and other personal information has been missing since the end of May and the firm has offered some customers free identity theft protection services as a result, a…