In the justice system: Three agents of RE/MAX Tri City Realty in Rockingham were arrested on misdemeanor charges for unauthorized computer access of their competitor, Exit Realty, who apparently did not know that they had been breached. More. In the UK, a gang is on trial for cloning credit cards. They allegedly struck when Barclaycard…
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More on the Coleman campaign breach (updated)
The Associated Press is now reporting that financial data for at least 4,700 campaign donors was posted on the internet and contact information for 51,000 others was also disseminated. A statement from Coleman’s office indicates that there may have been a breach of the Coleman for Senate web site and that federal investigators, when contacted…
Coleman campaign donors warned about possible breach
The Associated Press is reporting that Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman has asked for a federal investigation into whether his Senate campaign donors’ confidential data have been breached. The campaign first became aware of the possibility of a breach in January but their investigation at the time did not uncover any unauthorized access to the information….
GA: ID theft suspects in jail until trial
Sandy Hodson reports: Two Augusta residents accused of stealing the financial identities of more than 50 people will remain in jail pending trial. […] According to the indictment, federal investigators think Mr. Love used telephone books from cities outside Augusta to identify potential victims, especially elderly women. Mr. Love allegedly pretended to be “David Jason,”…
Wikileaks Forced to Leak Its Own Secret Info
Ryan Singel reports: What’s Wikileaks, the net’s foremost document leaking site, supposed to do when a whistle-blower submits a list of email addresses belonging to the site’s confidential donors as a leaked document? That’s exactly the conundrum Wikileaks faced this week after someone from the controversial whistle-blowing site sent an emergency fund-raising appeal on Saturday…
SF Man Accused Of Stealing Mail, ID Theft
A San Francisco man was arraigned Tuesday on identity and mail theft charges in San Francisco Superior Court after allegedly going on a mail-snatching spree that prosecutors said involved several, and possibly up to hundreds of residents. Prosecutors charged Bradley Williams, 31, with counts that included felony and misdemeanor identity theft, one count involving 10…