Sean O’Sullivan reports on an ID theft spree that started low-tech and became more sophisticated: A Bear man admitted today to stealing more than 93 Social Security numbers — most belonging to children — to fraudulently obtain more than 340 credit cards and steal $1 million to $2.5 million. Lord Joseph H.M. Aughenbaugh, 41, who…
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Maryland Attorney General Settles with Mid Atlantic Processing
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced that his Consumer Protection Division has entered into a settlement with MAP, LLC, a payment processing company formerly doing business as Mid Atlantic Processing, and Martin A. Taylor and Rony Natanzon, two officers of the company. The Division alleged that when Mid Atlantic Processing closed its Owings Mills office…
(RBS follow-up) Ex-cop admits role in $4.2m ATM heist
Patsy Moy reports: Two Hong Kong men using fake bank cards produced by US-based hackers withdrew HK$4.2 million [USD $541,024.47 — Dissent] from various ATM machines in less than eight hours, the District Court heard yesterday. Cheung Hoi-wing, 40, a transport worker and former police officer, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy after admitting…
(update) Hacker remains at large year after cyberattack on Va. data
A year after a computer hacker breached Virginia’s statewide prescription drug database, investigators still don’t know who did it. Computer functions at the state Department of Health Professions, which runs the program, were disabled for weeks as a result of the April 30, 2009, cyberattack. The hacker claimed to have stolen more than 35 million…
(follow-up) Childs found guilty in SF network password case
Robert McMillan reports: Terry Childs, the San Francisco network administrator who refused to hand over passwords to his boss, was found guilty of one felony count of denying computer services, a jury found Tuesday. Childs now faces a maximum of five years in prison after jurors determined that he had violated California’s computer crime law…
Swiss mull lawsuit against Germany over bank data
Switzerland is still considering whether to take Germany to court over the purchase of stolen bank data the country is using to root out tax dodgers, Swiss President Doris Leuthard said on Wednesday. “The government has not yet decided,” Leuthard told broadcaster Deutschlandfunk ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Some…