Matthew Field reports: Hackers are offering Black Friday discounts for stolen credit card details being bought and sold on the dark web as they seek to cash in on an online shopping bonanza. Security experts including the FBI, the UK’s cyber defence agency and online security firms have warned of a wave of hacking and fraud as criminals…
Category: ID Theft
Lemoore Navy man convicted of scamming 2,500 credit card numbers
Joshua Yeager reports: A U.S. Navy man will spend three years and six months in prison for his involvement in an identity theft ring that stole more than 2,500 credit card numbers and fraudulently purchased $340,000 in consumer products in 2012. Jarrod Langford, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft while he…
2 men arrested in Oklahoma, suspected in $14 million cryptocurrency theft, hacking of California company
Bill Miston reports on quick work by law enforcement: Two men arrested in Oklahoma City this week are suspected of hacking and stealing millions of dollars from a California-based cryptocurrency company. Fletcher Robert Childers, 23, and Joseph Harris, 21, both of Missouri, were arrested by Oklahoma City Police at a west side hotel Monday. According…
UMass Memorial Health Care Entities to Pay $230,000 to Resolve Massachusetts AG’s Lawsuit Over Data Breaches
From the Office of Attorney General Maura Healey, an announcement of a settlement in the wake of insider breaches: BOSTON — UMass Memorial Medical Group Inc. and UMass Memorial Medical Center Inc. will pay a total of $230,000 to resolve claims that two separate data breaches exposed the personal and health information of more than…
US Court Seizes Lambo, Crypto Millions from Dead Dark Web Kingpin
Ada Hui reports: On Thursday, September 6, the Fresno Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California concluded a 14-month-long civil forfeiture case to seize assets and property that belonged to Alexandre Cazes, the Canadian national who committed suicide by hanging in Thai prison last summer – days after being arrested…
Gang crime spree targeted credit card machines, patient records in medical offices, attorney general says
Molly Sullivan reports: Thirty-two suspected gang members were charged on suspicion of committing a “high-tech crime,” which involved hacking into credit card terminals in dental and medical offices, and stealing patient identities, the California Department of Justice announced Monday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said at a news conference in Sacramento the gangs, known as the…