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Study: ITRC Encouraged by 2009 Victim Aftermath Study

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Dissent

The Identity Theft Resource Center has released its annual Aftermath study.  From their press release: For the first time in 7 years, The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)® can state that it is encouraged by the findings of the Identity Theft: The Aftermath 2009™.  It is becoming clear that some areas of great distress in…

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MasterCard Reaches Settlement With Heartland Payment Systems To Provide Issuers Worldwide Up To $41.4 Million For Data Breach Claims

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Dissent

MasterCard Worldwide today announced it has reached a settlement with Heartland Payment Systems (Heartland) to resolve claims by MasterCard and its issuers in connection with Heartland’s previously announced data security breach. The settlement agreement calls for Heartland to fund up to $41.4 million of “alternative recovery offers” to be made to eligible MasterCard card issuers…

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Fraud Bazaar Carders.cc Hacked

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Carders.cc, a German online forum dedicated to helping criminals trade and sell financial data stolen through hacking, has itself been hacked. The once-guarded contents of its servers are now being traded on public file-sharing networks, leading to the exposure of potentially identifying information on the forum’s users as well as countless passwords…

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Stolen server contains medical info on 40,000 eye patients

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Dissent

OCR added a few more breaches to its list. Two were covered earlier today on PHIprivacy.net, but the third one, added later in the day, affected 40,000 people: Silicon Valley Eyecare Optometry and Contact Lenses State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 40,000 Date of Breach: 4/02/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information:…

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Arlington Security Guard, Who Hacked into Hospital’s Computer System, Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Dissent

Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer reports that the Carrell Memorial Clinic hacker who stupidly posted videos of himself committing his crimes on You Tube has pleaded guilty. Although the case was previously covered on DataBreaches.net, Wilonsky’s blog entry provides a number of background links for those who want more of the earlier coverage, as…

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Court rejects Qchex’s appeal

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Dissent

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling against Qchex. The Federal Trade Commission had brought the action against Qchex, claiming that Qchex violated federal law by operating an online check creation and delivery service with inadequate safeguards in place to prevent fraud. The lower court’s decision, issued in February 2009,…

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