Hoa Quach reports: The lead defendant in a fraud case involving Wells Fargo employees who stole customer account data that was used to impersonate victims and steal money from their accounts is due to be sentenced in July after pleading guilty to federal charges. Ronald Charles Reed, 69, of Inglewood pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S….
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Fired Network Administrator Takes Revenge in a Most Obvious Manner
Lauren J. Young reports: When PA Online, a former internet service provider based in Enola, Pennsylvania, fired its network administrator Dariusz Prugar in 2010, he left with a serious grudge. There would be revenge. Just days after Prugar was fired for personnel issues, PA Online noticed that its computers and web services were failing. Prugar, a…
Records from juvenile program run by Sheriff’s Office found dumped in Detroit
Gus Burns reports: The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department is looking into the discovery of illegally dumped records in Detroit Tuesday that originated from an at-risk juvenile program the agency operated. WDIV-TV, Channel 4 News On Tuesday learned about “piles” of juvenile records including pictures, phone numbers and “other sensitive information.” Wayne County denied there was any…
IG: Poor firewall maintenance leaves USPS exposed
Aaron Boyd reports: The Postal Service inspector general has been dinging the agency on its cybersecurity posture recently, with the most recent report examining deficiencies in the firewalls protecting mail processing systems. The report — which was finalized on Jan. 26 but just released in redacted form — notes USPS maintains 285 firewalls nationwide. The IG sampled…
NY: Centers Plan for Healthy Living Notifies Members of Stolen Laptop
March 1, 2016 Subject: Stolen Laptop On January 4, 2016, Centers Plan for Healthy Living learned that on or about January 1, 2016 a laptop was stolen from its corporate offices. It is suspected that the laptop may have contained a file which included the name, address, date of birth, Medicaid number and/or Medicare number,…
More details emerge on DOJ probe of Tiversa, company involved in FTC v. LabMD
When I’m right, I’m right. The DOJ did raid Tiversa. DataBreaches.net was subsequently able to get additional details from a source. But first start with this report from Reuters’ Joel Schechtman: Federal agents are investigating whether cyber-security firm Tiversa gave the government falsified information about data breaches at companies that declined to purchase its data protection…