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Category: U.S.
Stratfor hack: what the forensics showed
Cryptome has uploaded Verizon’s forensic investigation of the Stratfor hack in 2011. Their investigation began in December 2011 and was concluded in February 2012. You can read the report here (66 pp., pdf).
P.F. Chang’s confirms theft of customer card data
Steven Musil reports: Restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro confirmed Thursday that customer data and debit card information was stolen in a data breach at its store locations. The Asian-themed restaurant chain, which announced earlier this week it was investigating a possible theft of customer data, offered few details of the intrusion but said in…
U.S. indicts Romanian for crimes of hacker ‘Guccifer’
More bad news for “Guccifer,” the hacker who was arrested in Romania in January and sentenced last week to four years in jail. Reuters reports that he’s now been indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S.: Marcel Lazar Lehel, a former taxi driver, is already in a Romanian jail after being sentenced there…
Credit Card Breach at P.F. Chang’s – Banks
Brian Krebs reports: Nationwide chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro said today that it is investigating claims of a data breach involving credit and debit card data reportedly stolen from restaurant locations nationwide. On June 9, thousands of newly-stolen credit and debit cards went up for sale on rescator[dot]so, an underground store best known for selling tens of millions of…
Former IRS Employee Sentenced in Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
Michael Cohn reports: A former Internal Revenue Service employee has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison in connection a tax fraud and identity theft scheme. Missy A. Sledge, 47, was employed for 12 years by the IRS. According to prosecutors, she worked with other criminals who would file fraudulent tax returns…