From the I-didn’t-even-come-close-to-getting-away-with-it dept: A former jailer will soon find out whether she will spend some time behind bars. Michelle Arellano was charged in Chippewa County with stealing a credit card, belonging to an inmate, then racking up $2,400 in charges. […] Monday, Arellano pled no contest to a felony charge of identity theft to…
Category: Miscellaneous
Tuesday’s batch of newly uncovered breaches
In response to my Freedom of Information request, I received a batch of 15 breach reports received in February by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. Of the 15, five of them were news to me: M&T Bank reported that an individual walked into their Pikesville branch and while talking with a branch manager, removed another…
Maryland reports reveal yet more breaches
Thanks to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, I just received copies of the 22 breach reports they received in January of this year. They’ll be sending me the rest of the reports received this year in the very near future. Looking through what they sent me, I see that we knew about the majority of…
TX: Private information lands in dumpster near Interstate 10
Sarah Forgany reports: Imagine your most private information falling into the wrong hands. That’s what some people dealt with after nearly 75 legal files were found in a dumpster off Interstate 10 near Boerne. It only took a few minutes to realize the paperwork was no trash. Rather, it included information like peoples’ lives, names,…
Another entity named in Mercer breach
Add Idaho Power to the list of those affected by the Mercer breach previously reported on this site.
(update) Conn. AG wants teachers board to explain lost data
The Associated Press reports: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the state Teachers’ Retirement Board owes its members identity theft protection and an explanation after waiting six months to inform them of a lost flash drive containing retirement data. Blumenthal said Wednesday he is urging the board to give more than 58,000 members identity theft…