Ana Ceballas reports: Kristin Nyunt, the ex-wife of a former Pacific Grove police commander, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison Tuesday for fraud, identity theft and several other charges. Upon reviewing “tens of thousands of emails and text messages” and financial documents, the FBI and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office…
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Jimmy John’s Confirms Breach at 216 Stores
Brian Krebs reports: More than seven weeks after this publication broke the news of a possible credit card breach at nationwide sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, the company now confirms that a break-in at one of its payment vendors jeopardized customer credit and debit card information at 216 stores. […] The statement from Jimmy John’s doesn’t…
LA: IberiaBank accuses former executives of stealing sensitive data
Billy Gunn reports: IberiaBank Corp. is accusing two former executives of a bank it purchased this year of stealing customer and business information and giving the sensitive data to JD Bank, a Jennings-based business rival formerly known as Jeff Davis Bank & Trust. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Lafayette, IberiaBank claims…
GA: Atlanta Public Schools investigating hack at Grady High School
Blayne Alexander reports: Atlanta Public School officials are investigating a computer hacking incident at Grady High School. According to a district spokesperson, nearly 200 computers were affected. On Sept. 4th, Grady High School principal Timothy Guiney sent a letter to parents, explaining the situation. “The perpetrator(s) have transmitted threatening comments on one occasion and also…
TX: Shared hard drive left Bexar County Sheriff’s Office employees’ info vulnerable
KSAT reports: The human resources department at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has notified employees of a possible data breach. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said at one point a shared drive containing employee information could have been accessed by people outside of the department. Read more on KSAT.
Kansas State U. discloses possible leak of student personal information
Earlier this month, Rick Dean reported: Kansas State University officials say an internal error may have exposed on the Internet personal information from candidates seeking admission to the school’s graduate program in agronomy. In a news release Wednesday, school officials said 19 persons who had applied for admission to graduate programs between 2010 and 2013…