Ke Jiayun reports: A 10-member gang were caught in Beijing and Shanghai for illegally obtaining and selling personal information, with local police saying it had seized data belonging to nearly 1 million people. The gang made over 320,000 yuan (US$52,704) from the illegal dealings. In mid-August this year, a woman filed a complaint claiming her…
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Travelocity notifies customers after service providers’ employees misuse customer data
On November 22, Travelocity notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a breach they first learned about on February 21. According to their letter, on that date they discovered that “over the previous several months, several employees of a Travelocity service provider had misused certain information to which they had access as part of performing…
W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital notifies clients after employee took their information to her new employer
Some companies shield others’ names in their breach notifications. Others are not averse to naming names. Consider this breach notification from W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital: The purpose of this letter is to notify you of a breach of some personal information that you disclosed to W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital, LLC (“WJB”) in connection with a…
TN: Former State Treasury Employee Charged With Identity Theft Trafficking
Following up on a previously noted breach, the employee in question has been charged. Note the key sentence that I’ve emphasized below in this report from NewsChannel5: A former employee of the Tennessee Department of Treasury has been charged with identity theft trafficking in connection with the alleged theft of personal information belonging to some…
CA: Orange County students allegedly hack into computers, change grades
What did that tutor teach these kids? Rudabeh Shahbazi reports: Some Corona del Mar High School students are accused of hacking into computers to change grades and access tests, and a tutor may have helped them. School administrators said they learned about the alleged cheating through a tip on campus. They say they are aware…
CN: Data leak traced to YTO employee
Jiang Yabin reports: A YTO Express employee has been arrested for selling the express delivery company’s customer information to an online dealer, local media reported Thursday. The suspect, surnamed Wang, who was arrested on October 15, is awaiting charges of illegally selling personal information, including names, telephone numbers and addresses, said a prosecutor surnamed Yin…