MacKenzie Elmer reports: A state audit found unencrypted laptops and portable devices that may store sensitive information at the University of Northern Iowa could pose a risk to the university, but UNI officials said there’s no evidence that’s the source of the mass identity theft that cropped up after employees filed their taxes this year….
Category: ID Theft
LifeLock under investigation by the FTC
Well, LifeLock said they come under investigation by the FTC, and it seems they are. SeekingAlpha points us to LifeLock’s most recent 8-K, which says, in part: On March 13, 2014, LifeLock received, as expected, a request from the FTC for documents and information related to LifeLock’s compliance with the FTC Stipulated Final Judgment and…
Men from Ukraine and New York indicted in U.S. cybercrime case
Jonathan Stempel reports: Federal prosecutors on Monday announced the indictment of three men they accuse of being members of an international cybercrime ring that tried to steal at least $15 million by hacking into U.S. customer accounts at 14 financial institutions and the Department of Defense’s payroll service. Oleksiy Sharapka, 33, and Leonid Yanovitsky, 39,…
Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It
I finally got around to reading this fascinating report by Michael Riley, Ben Elgin, Dune Lawrence, and Carol Matlack for Bloomberg Businessweek. This goes far beyond other media coverage about how Target “missed” or “ignored” FireEye alerts and really gives more details of how the breach occurred.
MN: Former state employee who led ID theft ring gets 4.5 years
Emily Gurnon reports: A former state Department of Labor and Industry worker was sentenced Friday to 4-1/2 years in prison for her role in a broad identity-theft ring. Roxanne Kay DeFlorin was the last of four defendants sentenced in Ramsey County District Court in the scheme, which included DeFlorin’s theft of identities from her job….
MI: More Credit Card Info. Compromised at Montcalm County Market
A breach involving Carson Village Market, reported previously on this blog, continues to result in new fraudulent charges on customers’ cards, and customers who used their card since January 1 are now being advised to cancel their cards. WOOD has the story.