There’s an important update in the case that involved Court Ventures/U.S. Info/Experian, and Dun & Bradstreet, although the government doesn’t name the businesses in its press release. James Eng reports: A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses’ computers, stealing personally identifiably information (PII), and selling to other cybercriminals his fraudulently-obtained…
Category: ID Theft
Update: Former Dothan police officer faces more ID theft charges
Matt Elofson reports: A former Dothan police officer faces more identity theft charges after his recent arrest by Dothan police investigators. Dothan Police Investigator Erik Broten confirmed police officers arrested Charles Thomas Simmer, 28, of Coffee Springs, over the weekend and charged him with two felony counts of identity theft. Dothan police investigators arrested Simmer…
Sony Hacking Lawsuit Claims ID Theft Already Happening To Ex-Employees
Dominic Patten reports: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized credit card charges, attempts to open accounts under their names, and personal data showing up all over the Internet are just a few of the claims that Michael Corona, Christina Mathis and others are making in court documents filed last week. The former Sony Pictures staff members are saying…
Customers of Anthem say ID theft proliferating
On Thursday, I had this exchange with @dapnwmomster on Twitter: @PogoWasRight Many Anthem customers had their info used by hackers filing false tax returns – the identity protection they provided FAILED. — Wendy G (@dapnwmomster) July 9, 2015 @dapnwmomster I’m not sure how plaintiffs can prove the info used in fraudulent filings was from Anthem given…
Hershey says data breach compromised guests’ payment card information
AP is reporting that Hershey Entertainment & Resorts says a data breach may have exposed the financial information of some visitors to its Pennsylvania hotels, amusement park and other venues. Cards used at its properties between Feb. 14 and June 2 may have been compromised: Hershey, which operates The Hotel Hershey, Hersheypark Entertainment complex and other facilities,…
NY: Credit card information stolen from Hoffman Car Wash
Lindsay Nielsen reports: A local car wash is the victim of hackers, and the criminals are already using the cloned cards. A Guilderland woman, who did not want to be identified, said she’s been the victim of credit card fraud at two different car washes: the first at Colonial Car Wash, and most recently, at…