Andrel Harris of Cayman27 reports: A man appeared before the courts Friday (25 September) on fraud charges. The 28 year-old West Bay resident, is accused of obtaining property by deception. It is alleged he used his position as a courier to gather credit card details from his customers. He is then said to have used the details…
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Bed Bath & Beyond notifying some NYC customers of payment card breach
Bed Bath & Beyond is notifying customers who made purchases at one of their New York stores that their payment card data may have been compromised. The breach affects only those shopping at 1932 Broadway in New York City between March 7 and August 3, 2015. The breach involves one apparently rogue cashier, and not all…
Woman sentenced to probation in theft of patient records from Wichita surgery center
Gabriella Dunn reports: A woman who took confidential information about patients at a Wichita surgery center was sentenced to 18 months of probation for seven counts of felony computer fraud Wednesday. …. [April] Galvan took the patient information during a mass forward of e-mails from her work account to her personal Gmail account right before…
Hacker Twin Muneeb Akhter Slams Suggested 6-Year Prison Term
Jenna Ebersole reports: One of twin brothers who pled guilty in a government and commercial hacking case has slammed prosecutors’ request for a six-year sentence, telling a Virginia federal court that the recommendation contradicts the plea agreement and his acceptance of responsibility. The government’s sentence recommendations are “unprecedented,” Muneeb Akhter, a computer prodigy who graduated…
Ca: Some Rogers Communications’ customer data stolen by former contractor’s employee
Morgan Modjeski reports that Rogers Communications is notifying 226 customers that a former employee of a contractor had stolen their personal information. Rogers reportedly only learned of the breach when York Regional Police notified them that in the course of an investigation, they had found customers’ telephone numbers, full names, credit card information and even Social Insurance…
Former Morgan Stanley adviser pleads guilty to stealing clients’ information
There’s an update in the case of fired Morgan Stanley wealth management adviser Galen Marsh, who had been accused of stealing account data on about 350,000 clients and posting some of that information for sale online. Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax of Reuters report that Marsh pleaded guilty today to swiping more than double the amount of data Morgan…