This seems to be my day for updating older cases. Carl Horowitz provides an update to a breach that was first disclosed in February 2009 but actually occurred in July 2007: Mia Camille Garza describes herself as “somebody who has fallen off the path.” Her victims understandably aren’t as charitable. Last Thursday, September 22, Garza,…
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Admitted Countrywide data thief gets 8 months in prison (updated)
In a breach case that was first revealed in August 2008, a former Countrywide employee has been sentenced: A former employee of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison and ordered to repay $1.2 million after pleading guilty to downloading millions of borrower files on thumb drives and selling…
DeKalb jailer arrested for stealing inmates’ identities
Christian Boone reports: A second-generation DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office jailer has been arrested and charged with using inmates’ Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and pocketing the refunds. It’s unknown how many inmates were compromised by Adriara Addison’s alleged crimes, said DeKalb sheriff’s spokesman Adrion Bell. Read more on AJC. WSBTV adds more…
Yet another former employee of Electronic Data Systems convicted for participation in ID theft and tax fraud conspiracy
The other day I posted information on an insider breach at Electronic Data Systems that had pretty much flown under the media radar. Today, I came across this subsequent press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama that names yet another Electronic Data Systems employee who appears to have been…
Hana SK Card joins the ranks of South Korean firms suffering data leaks
Kang Seung-woo reports: A succession of data leaks are besieging local credit card issuers as the latest version of online security breach has taken place at Hana SK Card. The continuous irregularities are keeping customers on their toes amid mounting worries about faulty online security. According to the card issuer, its telemarketing employee leaked not…
UK: Worker sacked in data breach
A Blackpool Coastal Housing worker was sacked after a serious breach of security left confidential tenants data at risk. Fuming Blackpool Coastal Housing (BCH) residents contacted The Gazette after the details of more than 80 tenants – some living in sheltered accommodation – were taken away on a computer memory stick. The female BCH worker…