An update to this breach post. PA HomePage reports: The district has confirmed that student names, school district ID numbers, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers from the school’s food service account were accessed through the school’s network. Read more on PA HomePage. In partial response, the district has stopped including…
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LA: Cohen College Prep High School investigates allegations of possible identity theft
Rob Masson reports: Some parents are worried about an alleged identity thief who they say gained access to the Cohen Prep campus. They say a woman posing as an employer took social security numbers from as many as 40 students and their friends, but school officials say their investigation has failed to corroborate the story….
Chinese engineer to plead guilty in theft of GE Healthcare trade secrets
Bruce Vielmetti reports: A Chinese engineer charged with stealing trade secrets and confidential information from a GE Healthcare subsidiary in Waukesha has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jun Xie, 41, will plead guilty to one count of stealing trade secrets, according to federal court records. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years…
Another Defendant Sentenced In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files
Tracy Delva, 22, of Deerfield Beach, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $27,441 in restitution. Delva previously pled guilty to one count of access device fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code,…
Three sentenced in fraudulent Mississippi driver’s license case
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog: Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, a former driver’s license examiner for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety; Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel; and Elmer Enrique Martinez-Velasquez a/k/a Jose Martell Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico residing in Albertville, Alabama, were sentenced in…
Home Depot Breach Costs CUs $60M
Nicholas Ballasy reports: The Home Depot data breach cost credit unions almost $60 million, nearly twice as much as the Target breach, according to survey results released by CUNA Thursday. In the survey conducted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 24, 835 credit unions reported that 7.2 million credit union debit and credit cards were affected…