Recent cases in which people have been charged with online fraud for allegedly making purchases with illegally obtained credit card numbers have shed light on the lack of effective measures taken to frustrate the CreditMaster scam used in these incidents, even though the credit card industry was already aware of its existence. The industry is…
Category: Financial Sector
First National Bank closes debit accounts
Another delayed effect of the Heartland breach…. More than two thousand debit card customers of First National Bank of Howell have had their accounts closed down after learning of a security breach. Bank officials tell WHMI that after learning of an information breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a national credit and debit card processing company,…
Personal info of hundreds dumped as trash in Parker
When residents of a Parker [Colorado] apartment complex first called FOX 31, they were concerned about three boxes of files in a dumpster there that appeared to contain sensitive, personal information. We checked and found out that it was worse than anyone thought. The files were real estate documents that contained credit checks, bank account…
AmEx employee stole 300 card numbers
One by one, three of the five suspects involved in a major credit card and identity theft scheme were arraigned Wednesday night before Judge Scott Hunter in Canfield. The suspects include the mother-daughter duo of Christine Alkire, 49, and Danielle Lancia, 27, along with 22-year-old Lamar Phenizy, all accused of purchasing approximately $25,000 with more…
Details of 10,000 MS workers among stolen data
Last week, this site reported on a story from Times Online about the new Lucid Intelligence database of identity details that had been found up for sale by cybercriminals. The database consists of 120 million records on 40 million people worldwide, compiled by identity theft expert Colin Holder and others. Users can conduct a free…
Deutsche Bank may face prosecutor’s probe
Prosecutors are examining whether to launch a criminal investigation of possible breaches of data security at Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Separately, Deutsche Bank also said it had been informed by the Darmstadt regional council that data security rules were breached in two instances. The Darmstadt authorities had asked…