Lauren Steussy and Melody Petersen have an update to a breach previously reported on this blog: Parents of some of the students accused of cheating at Corona del Mar High School are questioning why their children have been targeted for expulsion, arguing the scope of the scandal spans far more widely. In letters sent recently to…
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CN: Two hospital staff jailed for data theft
Global Times reports that a pharmacist and a buyer employed by Ruijin Hospital in Huangpu District (Shanghai, China) have both been sentenced to a year in jail for selling medication usage data to pharmaceutical companies. According to their report, which was based on coverage on Shanghai Television Station: Wang and Le had been working together…
IL: Belvidere Culver’s employee charged with identity theft, 80 victims
A Belvidere Culver‘s assistant manager was arrested Tuesday for stealing the credit and debit card numbers of customers while working the drive-thru window. Curtis Peck, 28, of Rockford was charged with two counts of identity theft, a Class 4 felony punishable by one to three years in prison. Belvidere Police saw an increase in identify…
Coca-Cola notifying employees after laptops with personnel information were stolen (updated)
Things don’t always go better with Coke, it seems. Coca-Cola Refreshments (CCR) is notifying employees “and other individuals” that they discovered on December 10th that several laptops assigned to current and former CCR/CCE users had been stolen. The laptops contained personal information. The letter, signed by their CIO, Tom Miller, does not indicate when the…
GA: Biomat USA Employee Sentenced For Identity Theft Charges
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Bridgette Williams, aged 31, of Macon, Georgia, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal on Thursday, January 23, 2014, to serve six (6) months imprisonment in a case of conspiracy to commit fraudulent claims, identity theft and…
MN: Former state employee convicted of identity theft
Emily Gurnon has an update on the case of a former Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry employee charged with stealing employees’ information: Roxanne K. DeFlorin, a former state staffer who had the personal information of hundreds of public employees at her home, was convicted Wednesday of identity theft by a Ramsey County jury. Representing…