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2 extradited to NY on global ID theft charges

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that two men from the Czech Republic have been extradited to New York City on charges of running an international multi-million dollar Internet-based credit card theft ring. Prosecutors allege that “the ring is responsible for at least $4 million in fraud, and trafficked in 95,000 stolen credit card numbers between November…

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Laptops containing medical details of Birmingham patients stolen

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Dissent

In the U.K.: Laptops containing the private and medical details of more than 7,000 Birmingham NHS patients, including sick children, have been stolen prompting a massive security alert. Surgical firm Trulife used by four hospitals – Birmingham Children’s Hospital, City Hospital, in Winson Green, Sandwell Hospital, in West Bromwich, and Rowley Regis Hospital – has…

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Brits ‘revealing credit card PINs’

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Dissent

More than 8 million Britons have revealed their debit and credit card PIN number to a friend or relative in the last 12 months. That is according to a new survey from LV= home insurance, which found that almost a quarter (24%) of these customers had fallen victim to ID fraud. Common reasons for revealing…

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Credit Card fraud exposed in Andhra Pradesh

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dissent

The sleuths of Cyber Crime Cell of Hyderabad Police today claimed to have busted a credit card fraud involving clandestine leakage of client’s confidential data with the arrest of four persons belonging to Andhra Pradesh. The police seized cloned credit cards of various banks, (local and international pertaining to Indians cards), skimmer (a device used…

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IBM Employee Information Disclosed By Supplier In China

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dissent

According to South Metropolitan Daily newspaper, the personal data of more than 1000 employees of IBM Shenzhen has been disclosed and used to apply for credit cards. Employees of IBM Shenzhen found that their personal information had been disclosed and this data was used to apply for credit cards without their knowledge with a Bank…

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Update: Home Office admits full extent of USB data loss

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dissent

The Home Office has had to dramatically revise its estimates of the amount of data contained on a memory stick lost by third-party contractor PA Consulting last year. The department’s newly released Resource Accounts for 2008-09 (PDF) say that the USB device containing Police National Computer and prisoner data actually held 377,000 records, 250,000 more…

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