Oops. Krystal Frazier reports: The Minnesota Department of Corrections has found an error on the Minnesota CHOICE site which allowed 151 people who self-identified as criminal justice professionals, unauthorized access to the names and contact information of up to 7,000 individuals who have registered to use the site. Read more on NorthlandNewsCenter.com.
Category: Government Sector
CA: VA hospital in Long Beach may have improperly disposed of patients’ information
Leanne Suter reports: Documents containing the personal information of veterans seeking treatment at the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Hospital may have been improperly disposed, Veterans Affairs officials said. Army veteran and hospital patient Paulnhu Nguyen said he found a large stack of patient records containing personal information, such as social security numbers, date of births…
More details emerge on insider breach at FL Department of Economic Opportunity
More details have emerged on a case reported on this site last week in which a state employee accessed a state database and acquired identity information that she allegedly then sold to others. News4Jax reports: According to the Department of Economic Opportunity, one of their employees managed to access the Florida Department of Children and Families‘…
Update: Air Force senior master sergeant sentenced for ID theft involving fellow soldiers
Christopher Dwan Underwood, who pled guilty in January to stealing government-issued credit cards and dozens of his fellow soldier’s identity information, has been sentenced to two years.
Former Montgomery Nightclub Owner Sentenced to Prison for Role as Ringleader of Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Tarrish Tellis, 38, owned the Club Iconz Bar and Grill in Montgomery, Alabama. He was also the mastermind behind a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme that stole over $700,000. Yesterday, Tellis was sentenced to 223 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $694,366 in restitution. On Jan. 14, a federal jury convicted Tellis of…
Randall Charles Tucker accused of hacking Arizona Department of Child Safety
Deborah Stocks reports: A 20-year-old man from Apache Junction is jailed without bond, accused of computer tampering after he allegedly hacked into Arizona government agencies. A search warrant was served at the home of Randall Charles Tucker on Thursday after a six-month investigation, according to court documents. According to authorities, Tucker had used the name…