In the justice system: The teenage hacker known as “Dshocker” was sentenced to 11 months in a juvenile detention center. More. In FL, Patrice Thomas is charged with opening a credit card in someone else’s name to obtain cosmetic surgery. More. In NC, Brenda Denise Small was indicted for filing false tax returns and identity…
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NY: Former tax dept. employee charged with ID theft
Anand Balasar of the Legislative Gazette reports that an employee of the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance has been charged with using taxpayers’ information to apply for and obtain credit cards. The state is notifying 2,000 individuals. Note of June 20, 2009: the original article is no longer available at that url but a…
Largo marketing firm pays $350,000, settles complaints by Florida attorney general
Lorri Helfand of St. Petersburg Times reports: A Largo area marketing firm has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a complaint by the Florida Attorney General’s Office that the firm obtained stolen consumer information and did not take proper steps to ensure data was acquired legitimately. Although VICI Marketing LLC agreed to the settlement filed…
FL: Fired Hernando County deputy charged with identity theft over e-mails
Joel Anderson reports: The e-mails referred to one of the highest-ranking officers at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as “racist.” They alleged discriminatory treatment against some of the deputies. They were supposedly coming from Sgt. George Smith. However, the e-mails were all the work of an online thief, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Former Deputy…
Wal-Mart employee data compromised; 48,000 affected
Well, I haven’t found anything more on this from any news source and it’s always odd to find out about a U.S. breach from a non-U.S. source, but International Supermarkets is reporting that: It has come to light that Wal-Mart has suffered a breach in its staff data system due to a former employee leaving…
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities breach worse than originally thought
As an update to the story previously reported, The Mainichi Daily News reports that: …. personal information on thousands of customers that a former middle manager sold to personal data sellers was leaked or resold to a total of 80 companies — five times more than originally announced. Retrieving the customers’ information has proved difficult,…