Matt Howerton reports: New Mexico State Police are still trying to understand how a man charged with multiple counts of identity theft and unauthorized use of an ATM card got the banking information of 35 people to withdraw thousands of dollars fraudulently. Investigators arrested Chris Garcia and James Rogers at the end of September and charged the two…
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AZ: Hackers steal Streets of New York credit card data
Marc Martinez reports: It’s a popular Valley restaurant chain known for is pizza, but now “The Streets of New York” owners are dealing with a problem that is affecting its customers. The business fell victim to hackers who were able to steal credit card information from patrons. It doesn’t look like it was a large…
Court rules for Coca-Cola identity theft victim on stolen laptops
Judy Greenwald reports: A Coca-Cola employee who was the victim of identity theft after company laptops were stolen did suffer actual harm as a result, and can pursue a putative class action lawsuit against the company, says a Pennsylvania federal court. Shane K. Enslin began working for a company that was eventually acquired by the…
Lauri Love fights extradition to US for allegedly hacking U.S. govt agencies
Bethany Horne reports that as expected, Lauri Love will be fighting attempts to extradite him to the U.S. to face hacking charges. The US alleges Love is a “sophisticated computer hacker” loosely affiliated with the Anonymous hacker collective, and that he “secretly infiltrated” computer systems used by a long list of government agencies including the Federal Reserve,…
Peppermill Resort Spa & Casino discloses hack
Add Peppermill Resort Spa & Casino to the list of hospitality entities that were hacked last year but didn’t learn of it until this year. According to their notification letter of October 5, the hack involved their front desk system and resulted in the compromise of customers’ payment card information, including security codes. The hack…
Someone Hacked Uniformed Services University and Leaked Their Credentials Online
Waqas reports: A hacker going with the online handle of Kuroi SH hacked and defaced several domains of the United States based Uniformed Services University and leaked 2014 login credentials online. Uniformed Services University (USU) is the country’s only Federal Health Sciences University whose primary mission is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home…