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Tech Firm Ubiquiti Suffers $46M Cyberheist

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Networking firm Ubiquiti Networks Inc. disclosed this week that cyber thieves recently stole $46.7 million using an increasingly common scam in which crooks spoof communications from executives at the victim firm in a bid to initiate unauthorized international wire transfers. Ubiquiti, a San Jose based maker of networking technology for service providers and enterprises,…

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Watchdog accuses OPM of hindering hack investigation

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dissent

Fox News reports: The Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general is accusing a senior agency official of hindering their investigation into the massive breach of security clearance and personal information for millions of federal employees. Inspector General Patrick McFarland claimed that OPM Chief Information Officer Donna Seymour slowed his investigation into the breach, and that…

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Former Oakland Accountant Sentenced To Over Four Years In Prison For Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dissent

OAKLAND – Robert Thomas Doyle was sentenced yesterday to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $142,031 for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Doyle, 64, of Oakland, pleaded guilty on February 23, 2015.  According to the plea agreement, during 2011, 2012, and 2013, Doyle implemented an identity theft and…

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Former Fort Benning Hospital employee sentenced for role in tax refund fraud scheme.

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a case that I’ve been covering since February, 2014, when Tracy Mitchell, a former Fort Benning Hospital employee, was indicted for stealing service members’ identity information to use for a tax refund fraud scheme. A superseding indictment was subsequently filed in May, 2014. Mitchell pled guilty in April of this year. She was…

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TX: IRS employee loses flash drive with 11,000 Katy Independent School District employees’ SSN

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dissent

Sofia Ojeda reports: More than 11,000 workers’ personal information, including birth dates, addresses, and Social Security numbers were potentially leaked during a random IRS audit. […] In an email to Katy ISD employees obtained by KPRC 2, Katy ISD Superintendent Alton Frailey explained the security breach. He said that Wednesday, the IRS conducted a random…

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FL: Boynton Beach Resident Pleads Guilty to Participating in an Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dissent

A Boynton Beach resident pled guilty to possessing heroin and participating in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. Christopher Richard Edwards, 25, of Boynton Beach, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute heroin, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making a material false statement by filing a false tax return with the…

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