I’m seeing a rash of reports involving card skimmers at gas stations, most of which I’m not posting to this blog. Here are two such reports as examples, though: Michigan State Police and the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating reports of fraudulent credit card activity. There have been at least 12 credit card skimmers found at…
Category: U.S.
Ex-director of Baton Rouge drug rehab admits to using patient info to get prescription pills
There’s an update to a case noted previously on this site. Emily Lane reports that Shanta Barnes pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. The scheme, according U.S. Attorney Walt Green’s office, started in June 2009, at the latest, and lasted less than a year at the facility…
Former Tesla employee charged with hacking ex-boss’ computer
Kale Williams reports: A former Tesla employee has been indicted on charges of felony computer hacking after a federal investigation found he allegedly broke into his boss’ computer and posted employee evaluations on the Internet, officials said Thursday. Nima Kalbasi, a 28-year-old Canadian, was arrested Aug. 24 as he tried to cross the border from…
ReverbNation notifies users of breach, recommends changing passwords
Adam Greenberg reports: ReverbNation – an online platform that currently assists more than three million musicians in building their careers – experienced a breach in 2014, and is now notifying an undisclosed number of users and asking them to change their passwords. According to a ReverbNation statement emailed to SCMagazine.com on Thursday, law enforcement recently notified the company…
The Black-eyed Pea parent, Paymentech go to court over handling of data breach
Danielle Abril reports: The parent company of The Black-eyed Pea and Paymentech are caught up in a 2-year-old legal battle over a data breach that allegedly occurred three years ago. Oddly, the lawsuit, filed with the 68th District Court in Dallas County, says very little about the data breach and neither company seems to have…
Calif. Jury Clears UCLA In $1.25M Medical Data Breach Suit
Bonnie Eslinger reports: The University of California, Los Angeles Health System was not responsible for the unauthorized release of a woman’s medical records by a romantic rival, a California jury decided Thursday, rejecting her lawyer’s arguments that the victim was due $1.25 million for emotional harm caused by the breach. Read more on Law360 (subscription…