Kate Jacobson reports that Elexes Thaddies, 24, was arrested and charged with stealing co-workers’ information to pay her bills and to go shopping with. There are at least 20 victims – most of whom were employees at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach, where Thaddies worked. Read more on Sun Sentinel.
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FTC closes non-public investigation of Morgan Stanley data breach
Back in January 2015, Morgan Stanley disclosed an insider breach (previous coverage here and here). It appears that the Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into the breach under Section 5 of the FTC Act, but decided not to pursue any enforcement action. In a closing letter to Morgan Stanley’s counsel, Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director of the Division…
Former Assistant Band Director for Broward County School District Pled Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Former Students’ Info
There’s a follow-up to a case first reported in May. A former assistant band director pled guilty for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving former Broward County students and other individuals’ personal identifying information (PII). Delvis Demaine Rogers, 27, of Hollywood, Florida, pled guilty to one count of possession of fifteen…
OH: Restaurant website hacked by apparent ISIS supporters
Rebecca Butts and Keith BieryGolick report: A Middletown restaurant appeared to have been hacked by a group claiming to support the Islamic State on Sunday. The hack appears to be the work of Team System Dz. The message displayed on the Canal House Bar and Grille‘s website is similar to what hackers put on the…
Tech Firm Ubiquiti Suffers $46M Cyberheist
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,…
Watchdog accuses OPM of hindering hack investigation
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…