Here’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog: Tim McGlone reports that the leader of a credit card skimming operation who enlisted an employee of McDonald’s on Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. Read more on The Virginian-Pilot. Thanks to Information Privacy Professionals for…
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NY: Mamaroneck Staples Cashier Charged in $181K Fraud
Brian Donnelly reports: A cashier at the Staples in Mamaroneck has been charged with stealing, then selling, 50 customers’ credit card numbers, leading to $181,800 in credit card fraud, according to a Westchester County Police press release. Valerie Fajardo, a 21-year-old from the Bronx, was arrested at the store on 2444 Boston Post Road on…
CT: Fairfield man charged with computer crime after hacking into former Wilton employer’s system
Matt Coyne reports that a former employee of Segmark Solutions was able to hack into their computer systems, causing $7,000 damage to the system and misusing corporate credit card numbers. My question is how was he able to do that? Did he really hack into the system or was his access not terminated when he left…
CA: Students busted for hacking computers, changing grades
Iain Thomson reports: Three high school juniors have been arrested after they devised a sophisticated hacking scheme to up their grades and make money selling quiz answers to their classmates. The students are accused of breaking into the janitor’s office of California’s Palos Verdes High School and making a copy of the master key, giving…
NC: Deputies: Windstream employee stole ‘numerous’ customer accounts in fraud
Nathan Hardin reports: A Mt. Pleasant man turned himself in this morning after authorities issued warrants for his arrest. Deputies said he stole “numerous” customer accounts for more than a year while he was working as a Windstream employee. Authorities said Walter Darnell Austin, 45, used the financial information of Windstream internet customers to buy…
CA: SF city worker charged with data theft
Associated Press updates an insider incident previously covered on this blog: A former San Francisco city employee is facing charges that she stole Social Security and other confidential information from more than 3,000 people who applied for Medi-Cal benefits. Shawn Williams pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to four felony counts of withholding and concealing stolen…