Seanna Adcox of Associated Press reports yet another breach in South Carolina, this one involving the state’s employment and workforce agency: South Carolina’s unemployment agency began notifying more than 4,600 people Wednesday that a former employee may have compromised their personal information. The employee who downloaded the data to a personal flash drive was fired…
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Follow-up: Two Members Of Identity Theft Ring Targeting Government Employees Sentenced
There was a follow-up to this case, published January 10 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia: Adrienne Pritchett, 42, of District Heights, Md., was sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Pritchett has also agreed to pay…
NC: Ex-Alamance County employee pleads guilty in identity theft case
Michael D. Abernathy reports: A former Alamance County Department of Social Services employee pleaded guilty in federal court this week to using personal information of child abuse victims in a tax fraud scheme. Rakecia Matrese Brame was indicted Oct. 28 on 33 total counts of identity theft, and wire fraud, aiding in tax fraud, according…
David Nosal sentenced; case narrowed the definition of “exceeding authorized access” under CFAA (update1)
I’ve been following the David Nosal case on this blog since April 2011, when the Ninth Circuit held that an employee who violates his employer’s computer use policy is guilty of “exceeding authorized access” to the employer’s computer under the federal anti-hacking statute, CFAA. In June 2011, Nosal filed a petition for rehearing en banc (see…
SD: Former Citibank employee offered plea deal in ID theft case
The Argus Leader reports: A former Citibank employee accused of stealing customers’ identities has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Terri Jo Huber, 43, of Sioux Falls, was indicted on nine fraud-related counts in August, including bank fraud, identity theft, access device fraud and embezzlement.
Capital One notifies account holders of insider breach associated with fraudulent charges
Capital One is notifying some credit card customers that they may be at risk of fraudulent charges on their card. In a letter sent to those affected, Douglas Woodward, Vice President of Operations, writes: We believe that a former employee may have improperly accessed your account. While we don’t see any potential fraud on your…