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VA: Beach inmate filed false tax returns using prisoners stolen identities

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Dissent

13NewsNow reports: An inmate at Virginia Beach Jail was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison Thursday for fraud after he stole the identity of fellow prisoners and filed false tax returns, officials said. Travis Hager, 24, of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced for wire fraud and false claims against the United States. Read more on 13NewsNow

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Dear FTC

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Dissent

Why is THIS type of breach still happening? How many more customers will be put at risk of ID theft before Experian deals with what has been a too-frequent problem with client login credentials being misused? I reported one of these breaches in January.  I reported one in May. I filed a formal complaint asking FTC to investigate…

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UIL Holdings notifies customers after laptop stolen from vendor’s employee

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Dissent

UIL Holdings in Connecticut is notifying customers of a breach involving one of their vendors. The contractor is not named in their notification letter of September 30, which begins: We are writing to inform you of an incident that involved your personal information. On or about September 13, 2014, a thief stole a laptop computer…

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AT&T notifying customers of insider breach

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Dissent

AT&T is notifying customers after discovering that a rogue employee was accessing customer information improperly. The employee, who has since had their employment terminated,  would have been able to access customers’ name, account information, including SSN and driver’s license number, and CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information). From the wording of the notification letter, it sounds as…

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UPDATE: JP Morgan reveals data breach affected 76 million households and 7 million small businesses

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Dissent

Olivia Levoy of USA Today reports: The cyberattack on JP Morgan Chase & Co. first announced in July comprised information from 76 million households and 7 million small businesses, the company revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Contact information, including name, address, phone number and email address, as well as…

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Former State of Alabama Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities from State Databases

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Dissent

WTVY reports: 30-year-old Tamika Floyd a resident of Salem, Ala., pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of aggravated identity theft for her involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme (SIRF), announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and…

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