Jonathan Stempel reports: The ringleader of a scheme in which four former Saks Fifth Avenue employees used stolen customer data to buy $430,000 of luxury goods from the retailer’s flagship Manhattan store, with plans to resell them on the black market, has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said. Tamara Williams, 38, of Queens, pleaded guilty to grand…
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Etihad probing possible data breach of 7,000 loyalty program customers
Alexander Cornwell reports: Etihad Airways on Wednesday said it is investigating a possible leak of data belonging to customers who took part in a promotional campaign in 2013. Personal details of thousands of people who took part in the promotion are believed to have been leaked at a third-party company, which worked with the airline….
Ca: Rear Admiral confirms ‘data spill,’ downplays HMCS Trinity security breach
He didn’t mean any harm, and obfuscation works, so it’s no huge deal, right? Global News reports: The Royal Canadian Navy’s East Coast boss is downplaying the extent of a security breach at HMCS Trinity, the military’s principal East Coast intelligence centre. Military police in Halifax allege a web designer, working at the naval security…
Ex-D.C. juvenile justice worker pleads guilty in $42 million tax-ID-theft ring
Spencer S. Hsu reports that at least 645 youth offenders had their identity information provided to a tax fraud ring by a juvenile justice worker: A former D.C. juvenile justice worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping steal at least $2 million in fraudulent federal income tax refunds by giving personal information about hundreds of youth offenders…
Mumbai: Six booked for stealing software firm’s source code
The Asian Age reports that the principal of Intellect Software Solutions Pvt Ltd. has filed a complaint against six persons, including two directors of a private firm, for allegedly stealing his source code: the complainant and the accused firm had struck a deal but the latter didn’t pay the entire amount of around Rs 25.50…
NZ: Patients unaware staff prying in files
Martin Johnston reports: More than 70 upper North Island health workers have been disciplined for snooping into patients’ records in the past three years, and not all of the patients have been told. Most of the nosy staff – 61 – were at the Auckland District Health Board, where more than half of the disciplinary…