This really unacceptable, and for the prosecutor to suggest that the sentence was fair because there was no public safety risk totally minimizes the importance of citizens feeling a measure of confidence that state employees are not snooping in their files. Chao Xiong reports: A former state employee who pleaded guilty to breaching thousands of…
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Final Two Defendants Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands Of Patients’ Personal Identity Information
Another update to a breach, previously covered on this blog, that involved information on patients of Apex Laboratory in Florida: Michael Ali Bryant, Sr., 41, and his wife, Latina Rashawn Bryant, 43, both of Lauderdale Lakes, were sentenced for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Michael Bryant was sentenced to 144 months in prison,…
Man faces felony charges in Golden Town Buffet skimming case
Caitlin Morris reports: Twenty-year-old Saihing Chan incurred four felony charges Wednesday in Saratoga County for his alleged role in stealing identities from nearly 80 patrons who ate at a now-closed Glenmont restaurant. At the time of his arrest, he was an inmate at Albany County Jail on an additional 19 identity theft-related felonies he is…
Whitehat hacker goes too far, gets raided by FBI, tells all
Sean Gallagher reports on an interesting revelation concerning the second data breach at the University of Maryland: A whitehat hacker from the Baltimore suburbs went too far in his effort to drive home a point about a security vulnerability he reported to a client. Now he’s unemployed and telling all on reddit. David Helkowski was working…
Update to VALIC databreach
Gene Valicenti has an update on the VALIC databreach reported previously on this blog. The breach generated a number of questions, including why it took so long for the life insurance and retirement plan firm to figure out what happened and why it took so long for them to determine who needed to be notified…
FL: Call center employee and 7 others charged in ID theft fraud scheme involving AT&T customer info
A 22-count indictment charging eight defendants with participating in a conspiracy to unjustly enrich themselves by stealing personal identifying information of AT&T customers and using the information to make unauthorized wire transfers from the victims’ bank accounts and obtain unauthorized credit or debit cards has been unsealed in the Southern District of Florida. The indictment…