A participant in the November, 2008 WorldPay hack that resulted in $9 million run on ATM machines was just sentenced this week. Read about it on AJC.
Category: Financial Sector
OR: Former Key Bank manager sentenced to 30 mos. for fraud and identity theft
Here’s an update to a previously noted insider breach involving a manager at the Thurston branch of Key Bank: KVAL reports Randy Mainwaring was sentenced to 30 months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft.
First Republic Bank gaffe in records disposal
First Republic Bank has been notifying clients after records containing their information were improperly disposed of on August 2. In its letter to clients, Maureen Maginn, Senior Vice President of Deposit Services, wrote: … on August 2, 2012, certain data were discarded in a way that did not adhere to our strict data disposal requirements….
Willingboro woman sold IDs of TD Bank customers, used them to take money from accounts: police
Jessica Beym reports: A Burlington County woman and a New York man were each charged Thursday with one count of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft in a scheme that netted them more than $170,000, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Authorities said Patricia Lightsey, 27, of Willingboro, worked as a…
Oops x 2: lack of logs confounds thorough breach investigation
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation realized that employee information – including SSN and financial information – was improperly accessible to other employees on its intranet. But its lack of adequate logging procedures made it impossible for them to determine who may have accessed the data, they report to the New Hampshire Attorney General.
Global Payments Takes Charge of $84 Million for Data Breach
Andrew R. Johnson of Dow Jones Newswires reports: Global Payments Inc. (GPN) said Thursday a security breach that exposed potentially millions of consumers’ payment cards to fraudsters will cost it $84.4 million. The Atlanta-based company, which processes card transactions for banks and merchants, recorded a pre-tax charge for the amount, equal to 68 cents of…