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Two More Defendants Plead Guilty In Identity Theft Fraud Scheme Involving Personal Identifying Information From AT&T Customer Files

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Dissent

Jacqueline Nicole Lee Warrick, 26, of Miami, and Tracy Delva, 27, of Deerfield Beach, pled guilty today for their participation in a conspiracy to unjustly enrich themselves by stealing personal identifying information and using the information to make unauthorized wire transfers from the victims’ bank accounts and obtain unauthorized credit or debit cards. Co-defendant Chouman Emily Syrilien,…

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Lasko’s system may have been hacked back in 2011

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Dissent

Ouch. Lasko is notifying some customers of the Lasko and Air King web sites that on July 2, they became aware that some customers were receiving phishing e-mails. Investigation suggested that it may have been related to a hack of their system that exposed customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers and card…

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Appeals Court Agrees To Hear Wyndham’s Challenge To FTC

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Dissent

Wendy Davis reports: A federal appeals court has agreed to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission can bring charges against companies based on their alleged failure to protect consumers’ data. The court’s move comes in response to a petition filed by Wyndham Hotels, which is fighting an FTC lawsuit alleging that the hotel chain didn’t…

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Seattle University reports second breach involving folder permissions

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Dissent

Remember that April breach report from Seattle University involving incorrectly set permissions in some folders in the university’s Microsoft Exchange folder system? Well, it turns out that wasn’t their only problem with folder permissions. On July 17, Seattle University’s external counsel notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that on May 25, the university became aware…

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Turkish Man Extradited From The Republic Of Georgia Sentenced To More Than Nine Years For Computer Hacking And Identity Theft

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Dissent

An update on the case involving the hacking of the Se San Diego Hotel, although they don’t name the hotel in their press release: Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Alper Erdogan (35, a Turkish citizen residing in Baku, Azerbaijan) to nine years and four months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit…

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FBI: No arrests yet in scam targeting migrant kids

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Dissent

Juan Lozano of Associated Press reports that scammers have obtained the personal information of unaccompanied young immigrants at two U.S. military bases – and they’re using that info to get relatives to pay nonexistent fees: The FBI is trying to determine how many people have been victimized by the scheme, in which con artists use…

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