Joe McLean reports: A Jefferson City man faces charges of taking and sharing explicit photos of several women. A woman told Jefferson City police on June 11 that sexually explicit photos of her were shared with a group of people without her consent. The victim had recently taken her cellphone to iRepair, a cellphone repair…
Category: U.S.
Florida telemarketer, under FTC watch, suffers data breach
Jeremy Kirk reports: A Florida-based computer tech support call center has suffered a data breach, with customer records being abused by fraudsters trying to get access to online bank accounts. The data breach is the latest problem for Advanced Tech Support, an inbound call center based in Boca Raton, which is run by Inbound Call Experts. Read…
ALERT: NIST Issues Final Guidance on Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Standards for Controlled Unclassified Information
Alexander Major of Sheppard Mullin writes: On June 19, 2015, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the final version of guidance for federal agencies to ensure sensitive information remains confidential when stored outside of federal systems. The guidelines, Special Publication 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations, apply to…
Visas stolen in truck heist
The Saudi Press Agency reports: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said Wednesday that a truck carrying visas was hijacked in Mexico and the visas stolen. According to a statement from the embassy, the theft occurred on June 7 “in northern Mexico.” Read more on SPA.
Doña Ana County, N.M., Voter Roll Breach Not Linked to Software Failures
Diana Alba Soular reports: A Doña Ana County, N.M., employee told county commissioners Tuesday that recent allegations of fraud within the County Clerk’s Office either didn’t stem from county computer security system breaches or there’s not enough information available to determine whether that was the case. Separately, the county clerk’s office said it’s taken new steps…
Pot Shops to Close After Owner Admits to Identity Theft
Liberty Zabala reports: A former doctor’s guilty plea in federal court Wednesday will lead to shut down of six medical marijuana clinics across San Diego County. Defendant Nelson Leone, 72, of San Diego, pleaded guilty to identity theft for issuing forged recommendations under another doctor’s name. As a result, six medical marijuana clinics he owned…