Wendy Davis reports that in the Rocky Mountain Bank case previously covered here: In a highly unusual move, a federal judge has ordered Google to deactivate the email account of a user who was mistakenly sent confidential financial information by a bank. The order, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge James Ware in the…
Category: Financial Sector
T. Rowe Price error leads to breach notification
An internal error at T. Rowe Price Financial Services has resulted in clients receiving images of other clients’ checks. According to a September 15 letter written by their Vice President, Deborah D. Seidel to the New Hampshire Department of Justice: … due to an internal error, images of checks that we processed for two T….
Rocky Mountain Bank reveals “oops” in court papers
As noted on PogoWasRight.org yesterday, Thomas Claburn of Information Week reports that when Rocky Mountain Bank tried to get a court to seal its lawsuit against Google to compel disclosure of information on the recipient of an errant Gmail containing sensitive customer information, the court declined. It looks like the Streisand Effect has struck again,…
Keizer man accused of stealing personal information for homes
Stacey Barchenger reports: A Keizer [Oregon] man was arrested Friday on an accusation that he used stolen personal information to finance two homes in the Salem area. Salem Police detectives arrested Julian Ruiz, 38, near the intersection of River and Brooklake roads NE, said Lt. Steve Birr, who leads the department’s criminal investigations section. Ruiz…
Commerce Bank replaces cards compromised in Heartland breach
Dan Margolies reports that Commerce Bank in Kansas City is first replacing credit cards after a recent small wave of fraudulent activity was reported. The compromised cards were involved in the Heartland Payment Systems breach disclosed in January 2009. “We are now beginning to reissue some cards that were part of the block of cards…
ID theft ringleader back in custody after 4 years on the lam
The mastermind of an identify theft ring who fled after being sentenced for his role in the scheme to steal personal and confidential credit report profiles of thousands of customers of Weichert Financial Services, Inc. pleaded guilty today to failure to surrender to federal prison. Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr. announced that Ronald…