Personal details of more than 100,000 Bord Gais customers were on laptops stolen from the energy firm last month, significantly more than the 75,000 initially reported. Details of the full extent of the security breach are expected to emerge when the findings of an investigation into the laptop thefts are disclosed. Four laptops were stolen…
Category: Theft
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A federal jury convicted Ronald Luis Bradshaw, a physician assistant, for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. He was found guilty on all charged counts, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, multiple counts of health fraud and aggravated identity theft for prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment…
PA Legislator’s Laptop Stolen from Car
A Pennsylvania state representative had his state-issued laptop stolen from his car over the past weekend. But State Rep. Frank Dermody may not be particularly concerned because, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the legislator said no sensitive state data were on it. Nothing “sensitive,” but an “undetermined number of e-mails from constituents” were on the…
Bike Nashbar Hacked
This site was contacted last week by a customer who had experienced the same problem as reported by other customers of Bike Nashbar (complaints here). Now the Citizen-Times is reporting that discount retailer Bike Nashbar (www.nashbar.com) is calling customers to warn them that their credit card information may have been stolen: A Citizen-Times editor received…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Marsha Billock-Strahm pled not guilty when she appeared in Toledo’s U.S. District Court June 22 to face charges of aggravated identity theft, false credit card applications, identity theft, and theft of mail while she was a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service. More. Yi Feng Reid and Yu Jane…
UCM notifying 7000 of Breach
The University of Central Missouri is notifying 7,000 students who were enrolled for the summer of 2005 and the summer of 2006 that two computer reports containing their names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth were in two paper reports that were stolen. Source: KMBC