Sarah Reeve writes: Yihaodian.com, a Chinese online grocery store controlled by US retailing giant Wal-Mart, has vowed to protect users’ privacy after some of its employees have been accused of selling user information, Global Times reported. The website reported the case to the police and upgraded its website system after it found its user information…
Category: Insider
HSBC notifies customers after discovering former employee took customer data as a parting gift to himself
HSBC Bank USA National Association notified customers after an insider breach that occurred in July but was only posted to California‘s web site on October 30. It’s not totally clear to me when consumers were notified or when the state was. From the letter to those whose SSN’s weren’t involved: We recently became aware of an incident that…
Julius Bär data theft probe widens
World Radio Switzerland reports: Swiss prosecutors say they are now investigating three people in connection with the theft of data at Swiss private bank Julius Bär [Baer]. Until now, the only suspect who has been arrested, is a former employee of the bank. He is alleged to have sold a CD containing the stolen bank…
Verizon staff arrested for stealing customer’s nude pics
Iain Thomson reports: Two Verizon staffers are under indictment for allegedly stealing nude photographs from an attractive female customer’s phone and passing them around. According to the gendarmes, the two men worked at a Verizon store in Bartow, Florida, where one, Joshua Stuart, 24, helped a nubile local waitress transfer her data from her old…
Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge in Identity Theft Scam
Rodney P. Quarles, Jr., 26, of Charlotte Hall, Md., pled guilty yesterday to a federal charge stemming from an identity theft scam in which he and others used stolen credit cards to make more than $70,000 in purchases. According to a statement of offense, signed by the defendant as well as the government, Quarles worked…
MT: Two employees charged with stealing credit card info from Helena restaurant
Melissa Anderson reports another instance of an insider breach in the hospitality sector: Two men made their initial appearance in a Helena courtroom on Thursday, accused of stealing credit card numbers from customers at the L&D Chinese Buffet. […] The two men, who worked at the restaurant at the time of the alleged crimes, are…