United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted a Mississippi woman for being part of a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities and causing the refunds to be mailed to post office boxes in Louisiana. Shannon A. Brumfield, 48, of Byram, Miss., was indicted on…
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TX: Blue Goose Cantina Linked to Credit Card Theft
Katy Blakey reports that Blue Goose Cantina in McKinney has confirmed a payment card system breach that has impacted customers. In a statement to NBC5, the majority owner of Blue Goose Cantina, Jill Peterson, wrote: Last Wednesday evening we received a complaint from one of our guests that unauthorized charges had been made on his son’s…
Heartland Payment Systems reports another breach (UPDATED)
Update: Heartland responded to this post with a statement. See the Comments section for their statement. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (“Heartland”), who made news when they disclosed a huge breach on President Obama’s first inauguration day, has reported another breach. This one appears to involve Heartland Payroll Solutions, Inc. In a letter to those affected, Heartland…
United Recovery Group notifying patients of HIPAA privacy breach (updated)
Florida-based Unity Recovery Group is notifying patients of a HIPAA breach that involved disclosure of their protected healthy information to providers outside their network without prior written consent. The breach apparently began in April 2014 and continued for a full year, until it was discovered in April of this year, as their letter explains: We…
Safe and Vault Store Suffers Cyber Security Breach
Ionut Ilascu reports: An online vendor of physical safes and vaults has been hit by cybercriminals who planted malicious code on its eCommerce website and captured details of orders placed by customers. Although SafeandVaultStore touts its products as “the ultimate theft deterrent,” it looks like it failed to protect its online assets and left sensitive information belonging to…
Tidbit developer responds to settlement
Earlier today, I posted the press release from New Jersey about its settlement with Tidbit’s developer, Jeremy Rubin. Here’s his take on the issues and settlement: There are some good and bad parts of the settlement. Although I am unhappy with how it reads at a glance — it seems like a defeat — under closer inspection, you can…