Chris Frates reports: The IRS believes that a major cyber breach that allowed criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, two sources briefed on the data theft tell CNN. Read more on CNN. If you bet Russia, drink. If you bet China or North Korea, just be patient,…
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Medical Management LLC breach added to HHS breach tool
Quick update: The Medical Management LLC breach that affected patients at 40 of its clients has been added to HHS’s public breach tool. MML, which is headquartered in North Carolina, reported that 20,512 patients were affected or notified.
Thousands of people’s stolen credit card info found on suspect’s computers
Peter Surowski reports: A San Bernardino man who investigators say had thousands of people’s credit card information on his computers has been arrested. Serob Frenkyan, 42, was arrested on Thursday, May 21, on suspicion of identity theft, credit card fraud and being a felon with a gun, jail records show. Read more on The Press Enterprise.
Florida releases personal data on 13,000 people, issues ‘fraud’ alert
Steve Bousquet reports: For the second time in two months, Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has acknowledged it inadvertently released confidential personal data of private citizens, prompting the state to offer free credit monitoring services to protect people from being victims of identity theft. The Department of State said it released names, dates of birth and…
Former Kwiktax employee sentenced for tax refund fraud
Valorie Shaw has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $309,834 for conspiring to file false claims. Shaw, 38, of Oakland, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2015, to conspiracy to file false claims. Shaw was employed as a tax return preparer at “Kwiktax” for three years. Prior to working…
Update on Sterne Agee Group laptop breach
Last July – and I missed this one at the time – Stan Diel reported; A laptop computer including some Sterne Agee Group Inc. clients’ account numbers, Social Security numbers and other personal information has been missing since the end of May and the firm has offered some customers free identity theft protection services as a result, a…