Lindsay Nielsen reports: A local car wash is the victim of hackers, and the criminals are already using the cloned cards. A Guilderland woman, who did not want to be identified, said she’s been the victim of credit card fraud at two different car washes: the first at Colonial Car Wash, and most recently, at…
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Senator Collins’ Statement on Reports that OPM Cyber Attack Affected At Least 21.5 Individuals
There’s a lot of spluttering and public statements in response to today’s revised figures by OPM on their massive breach, but I think Senator Collins nails it. From her office: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Following the completion of its internal damage assessment, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced today that the personal information of at least…
And then there were three: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo gift shop
Add the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to the list of zoos whose gift shop customers are being notified of the third-party breach at Service Systems Associates. The Denver Post has this report. And now the CEO of SSA is saying that “several” means “fewer than a dozen.” So there may be more disclosures coming.
Owner of Louisiana Automotive Businesses Pleads Guilty for Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
A resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, and the owner of two automotive businesses pleaded guilty today for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Martin Jackson…
CA: Prison Tax Fraud Ringleader Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, currently an inmate in an Oklahoma state prison, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and for filing false claims for federal tax refunds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Ludwig was ordered to pay over $219,000 in restitution….
LA: Former Systems Administrator Charged With Intentionally Damaging Computers
July 1 – United States Attorney Walt Green announced that former Georgia-Pacific IT specialist and systems administrator BRIAN P. JOHNSON, age 43, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was arrested this morning after his indictment last week by a federal grand jury for intentionally damaging protected computers. The indictment charges that, from February 14, 2014 through February…