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Prêt a Manger worker gets up to four years in prison for stealing more than 100 customers

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Dissent

A follow-up to an insider skimming breach noted here in August 2013. Shayna Jacobs reports: A former Chelsea Prêt a Manger employee who was behind the identity theft of over 100 of the eatery’s customers was sentenced to up to four years in prison Wednesday. Nigel McCollum, 23, previously pleaded guilty to identity theft, forgery,…

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Former Navy nuclear aircraft systems administrator charged with hacking

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Dissent

Yesterday, the United States charged two men for their participation in a conspiracy to hack into the computer systems of over 30 public and private organizations, including the United States Navy and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The single-count Information alleges that Nicholas Paul Knight, 27, of Chantilly, Virginia, and Daniel Trenton Krueger, 20, of Salem, Illinois,…

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In his words: How a whitehat hacked a university and became an FBI target

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher reports on the hack of U. Maryland that got a contractor’s former employee in hot water with the FBI: David Helkowski stood waiting outside a restaurant in Towson, Maryland, fresh from a visit to the unemployment office. Recently let go from his computer consulting job after engaging in some “freelance hacking” of a…

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NYC: Hale & Hearty Customers Targeted by Credit Card Skimmers

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dissent

NBC reports: A 39-year-old Bronx man and his 29-year-old girlfriend are accused of skimming customers’ credit card numbers at the Hale & Hearty where she worked, and then going on shopping sprees with several others, spending more than $200,000. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says 11 people are accused in the scheme that began…

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MO: Public housing manager charged with identity theft for tax refund fraud

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Dissent

AP reports: The manager of a St. Louis public housing complex has been indicted on two felony charges for allegedly conspiring to steal Social Security numbers and other personal information from prospective tenants. Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Marsha Harrington worked with co-defendants Calvin Shaw and Larry Corner to use the stolen information to file false tax returns. Harrington is manager of the Clinton-Peabody housing…

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OR: Central City Concern admits some fault after clients’ data stolen

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Dissent

KOIN reports: The executive director of Central City Concern (CCC) admitted Tuesday more could have been done to protect personal information that a former employee is now accused of stealing as part of a scheme to file fake tax returns. “I think we should have done more at that point,” said CCC Executive Director Ed…

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