Cole Epley reports: A large data breach at an unidentified, national business has prompted First National Bank of Omaha to issue new debit cards to customers in seven states. The Omaha-based bank with operations in Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Texas recently sent new cards to customers with a letter explaining that…
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NV: Lab Tech Charged With Stealing Patient Information And Using It To Apply For Credit Cards
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A local woman who worked as a laboratory technician at an unnamed Las Vegas pediatric cardiology practice has been indicted by the federal grand jury on charges that she unlawfully obtained the personal identifying information of a patient and used it to apply for credit cards without the patient’s knowledge, announced…
WY: Some U. Wyoming Some student and faculty computers under hacker control
Jeremy Rowley reports: Numerous university email accounts have been exposed to an email containing an attachment with the ability to steal information off of computers. “This is a particularly bad one, as you might expect,” Vice President of Information Technology on campus Robert Aylward said. “It essentially attempts to steal confidential data on your machine….
Ex-Goldman Banker and Fed Employee Will Plead Guilty in Document Leak
Ben Protess and Peter Eavis report: A former Goldman Sachs banker suspected of taking confidential documents from a source inside the government has agreed to plead guilty, a rare criminal action on Wall Street, where Goldman itself is facing an array of regulatory penalties over the leak. The banker and his source, who at the time of…
Target Court Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege in Cyber Investigations
Stuart Altman and Michelle Kisloff write: In a decision issued late last Friday, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota rejected an effort by class action Plaintiffs to access materials created in the course of Target’s investigation of its 2013 payment card breach that Target claimed were protected by the attorney-client privilege and…
KS: USD 259 investigating computer hacking attempt
John Boyd reports that not much is known yet about a hacking attempt at USD 259: The Wichita Public School District is investigating a hacking attempt. USD 259 Superintendent John Allison said Monday morning that they do not know the extent of the attempt, but there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that it involves student…