The Dept. of Justice issued the following press release about a case noted earlier today on this blog: Defendant’s Criminal Activities Extended to the National Security Sector A four-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn today charging Lin Mun Poo, a resident and citizen of Malaysia, with hacking into a computer…
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Two years after a hacking incident, firm learns that employee data were accessed
Tennessee-based EOD Technology (EODT) recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach that occurred in August 2008. No, that’s not a typo: 2008. By letter dated November 12, the firm reported that in August 2008, they became aware that one of their computers had been accessed by an individual or individuals outside…
Federal Reserve Hacker Steals 400,000 Credit Card Numbers: Feds
Jonathan Dienst reports: A Malaysian man hacked his way into the Federal Reserve Bank’s computers in Cleveland and also had more than 400,000 stolen credit card numbers when Secret Service agents finally caught up with him, federal prosecutors said. Lin Mun Poo was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport last month as he traveled to…
Monadnock Community Bank notifies customers of third party breach
Monadnock Community Bank, who reported a somewhat strange situation to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office in September, filed another breach report this month. According to its letter dated November 9, MCB’s card processor notified it that an unnamed third party payment service provider’s network had a data breach involving customer information, including debit card…
ECS Learning Systems notifies 1,300 customers of database intrusion
ECS Learning Systems has notified the Vermont Attorney General’s Office that its customer database had been accessed, beginning in April 2010. The intruder(s) reportedly gained access via the firm’s online ordering system. According to their letter, ECS became aware of the intrusion on October 15, and their investigation revealed that 1300 customers’ information may have…
(ALDI update) Five Star Bank hit by debit-card fraud
Jonathan D. Epstein reports: A debit-card security breach at a discount grocery chain that operates in 11 states is costing Five Star Bank as much as $850,000 in fraud losses. Financial Institutions, the Warsaw-based parent of the bank, expects to suffer a pretax loss of about $750,000 to $850,000 in the fourth quarter in connection…