West Publishing Corporation, a unit of Thomson Reuters, has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving their Westlaw subscription-only public records database. In a letter dated November 4th to those affected, Senior Vice President Andy Martens explained that on October 14, they detected unusual search activity. Investigation revealed that some subscribers’…
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Yet another Experian breach
Oh, look. Yet another Experian breach. On November 3, Experian notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that Merchants Capital Access‘s login credentials to Experian’s credit-reporting database had been misused by an unknown party. Two New Hampshire residents were notified of the breach that occurred between October 20 and October 21. The total number affected was not…
Two Tennessee blokes use default ATM codes to steal over $400,000
Delwyn Pinto reports: When a small-time Tennessee restaurateur named Khaled Abdel Fattah was running short of cash he went to an ATM machine. Actually, according to federal prosecutors, he went to a lot of them. Over 18 months, he visited a slew of small kiosk ATMs around Nashville and withdrew a total of more than…
Citizens Bank Manager Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Identify Theft Scheme
Paige McAtee reports: A Stoneham bank supervisor was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on Monday for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme in which he opened bank accounts to receive fraudulent proceeds. Carlos Mauricio Gonzalez, 30, of Revere, opened business and personal bank accounts that were to receive proceeds from…
Seattle Public Schools fires law firm after their failure to redact exposed thousands of students’ records (Updated)
Heather Graf reports that Seattle Public Schools has notified parents of approximately 8,000 students of a breach involving their records. Most of the students involved are special education students. According to King5 News, the notification states, in part: “Late Tuesday night Seattle Public Schools learned that a law firm retained by the district to handle…
WA: Former Pacific man sentenced to 80 months in prison for identity theft
Robert Whale reports: Vinod Ram skimmed diesel fuel credit cards belonging to commercial trucking companies then got cohorts to persuade truckers to fill ‘em up in exchange for cash. And in the 12 months that passed before the law caught up with him, Ram saddled those trucking companies and their credit card companies with $582,000…