Brian Krebs reports: Cybercriminals are auctioning off access to customer information stolen from an online data broker behind a dizzying array of bait-and-switch Web sites that sell access to a vast range of data on U.S. consumers, including DMV and arrest records, genealogy reports, phone number lookups and people searches. In an ironic twist, the…
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Surprise, surprise, yet another cryptocurrency creator collared, hit with $6 million fraud rap
Kieren McCarthy reports: The founder of now-dead cryptocurrency My Big Coin has been arrested and charged with seven counts of fraud and unlawful money transfers for what is allegedly an extraordinarily blatant scam, even in the shady world of cyber-cash schemes. Randall Crater was nabbed in Florida on Wednesday for his part in persuading investors…
You should have told us: Company says email was hacked, sues its insurance broker for not advising it to get computer fraud insurance
Noddy A. Fernandez reports: A gift distribution company is suing a global insurance broker, citing alleged broker malpractice. Hampton-Haddon Marketing Corp. (HHMC) filed a complaint on Jan. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Willis of Tennessee Inc. and Willis Towers Watson PLC, alleging the defendants breached their duty…
Happy New Year 2019
Here’s hoping that 2019 will be a less stressful year than 2018 was, and that we will see better infosecurity and fewer mega-breaches. More coffee would be good, too. And maybe a vacation. Thanks to all of you for reading this site throughout the year and for sending in tips and leads. You help me…
Happy Holidays!
To those who celebrate: Merry Christmas and Happy Kwanzaa! PogoWasRight.org and DataBreaches.net will be updated over the next few days, but perhaps not as much as I hope to take some time to enjoy family and friends.
After Microsoft complaints, Indian police arrest tech support scammers at 26 call centers
Catalin Cimpanu reports: New Delhi police have arrested 63 suspects in the last two months working and operating 26 call centers that were engaging in tech support scams, posing as tech support staff at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other major tech companies. The raids on Delhi-based call centers have taken place over the last two…