Caleb Despain reports: Jacob Mahonri Espinal, a former BYU-Idaho student, was formally charged with two counts of computer crimes, felonies and grand theft, a felony. […] According to the Rexburg Police Department report, Espinal, a former document processor and graduation specialist at BYU-Idaho’s Student Records and Registrations Office, posted an associates degree in science he…
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Eight arrested in Israel and Thailand for Leumi Card data breach and extortion attempt
The Jerusalem Post reports: Eight former bank employees, in Israel and Thailand, tried to extort millions of shekels from Leumi Card Ltd., the credit card issuer affiliated with one of the nation’s largest banks, police said on Sunday. The ex-employees threatened that if they didn’t get the money, they’d sell the details of millions of…
Former Eaton Corp. Employee Indicted For Installing Malware
A federal indictment was unsealed today charging Arturas Samoilovas, age 35, of Stow, Ohio, with one count of transmitting and attempting to transmit computer codes, programs or commands, intending to cause damage to a protected computer, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent…
AU: Schoolgirl hacked pupil files
Bethany Hiatt reports: An elite Perth girls school is reviewing its digital security after a student hacked into pupils’ confidential information that was visible only to teachers and distributed it using social media. Presbyterian Ladies’ College principal Beth Blackwood confirmed yesterday that a Year 10 student hacked the Peppermint Grove school’s computer database and accessed…
Two Tennessee blokes use default ATM codes to steal over $400,000
Delwyn Pinto reports: When a small-time Tennessee restaurateur named Khaled Abdel Fattah was running short of cash he went to an ATM machine. Actually, according to federal prosecutors, he went to a lot of them. Over 18 months, he visited a slew of small kiosk ATMs around Nashville and withdrew a total of more than…
Citizens Bank Manager Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Identify Theft Scheme
Paige McAtee reports: A Stoneham bank supervisor was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on Monday for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he opened bank accounts to receive fraudulent proceeds. Carlos Mauricio Gonzalez, 30, of Revere, opened business and personal bank accounts that were to receive proceeds from…