Danny Yadron reports: Three months after the State Department confirmed hackers breached its unclassified email system, the government still hasn’t been able to evict them from the department’s network, according to three people familiar with the investigation. Government officials, assisted by outside contractors and the National Security Agency, have repeatedly scanned the network and taken…
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CT High Court Case May Reshape Data Breach Coverage
Jeff Sistrunk reports: The Connecticut Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in an insurance coverage dispute over an incident that exposed sensitive information for 500,000 IBM Corp. employees could help shape data breach coverage litigation, as the court is likely to weigh in on what constitutes a “publication” that triggers coverage when data is lost. Read more…
U.S. Shifts Focus of Morgan Stanley Breach Probe
Justin Baer reports: Federal authorities are probing whether a hacker is behind the online publication of a cache of Morgan Stanley ’s client data—and not the financial adviser who was fired in connection with the breach, people familiar with the matter said. This latest twist raises the possibility that the incident is connected to larger…
“I am not the cop you think I am. I am a piece of s***.” – Former NYPD officer engaged in ID theft
EmpireStateNews.net reports: A former officer with the New York City Police Department was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. John Montanez, 28, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in August 2014 to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity…
Now about those background checks…?
So your organization contracts with a firm that conducts background checks on your hires, and you require your contractors and subcontractors to conduct background checks on their employees. You’ve got your bases covered, right? What could possibly go wrong?
PA: 18 Named In Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Affecting Over 11,000 Victims
Eighteen individuals from around the United States have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The thirteen-count superseding indictment named Doherty Kushimo, 53, of Providence, Rhode Island; Saburi Adeyemi, 57, of Memphis, Tennessee; Abiodun Bakre, 50, of Ozone Park, New York;…