Twenty individuals have been charged with varied counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. And from the description provided, it sounds like bad actors at Verizon and AT&T may have been part of the scheme, although I suppose it’s possible that they could have obtained account information some other way. According to the indictment, between…
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Experian notifies consumers of a breach. Again.
Once again, Experian is notifying some consumers of a breach that resulted in their credit reports being accessed by criminals. The breach occurred on May 14. In this case, the client whose login credentials were compromised and used to access Experian’s database was the Bluegrass Community Federal Credit Union in Ashland, Kentucky. Experian and law enforcement…
IT pro gets 4 years in prison for sabotaging ex-employer’s system
Chris Kanaracus reports the follow-up to a case noted previously on this blog involving a disgruntled EnerVest employee: A former network engineer for oil and gas company EnerVest has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to sabotaging the company’s systems badly enough to disrupt its business operations for a month….
American Dental Association notifies some DENTPIN users of breach
The American Dental Association is notifying some professionals and students who have DENTPIN identifiers that their personal information may have been exposed to others. DENTPIN identifiers are used to enable professionals and students to register for tests or request their test scores. On April 30, the ADA upgraded its website, including the DENTPIN database. That…
PA: Another Paytime client affected by hack notifies employees
Eric Veronikis reports that about 200 employees of Carlisle Borough are being notified of the breach at payroll processor Paytime, Inc.: Carlisle learned this week that its payroll information was compromised as the company it formerly used to process pay slips recently discovered a data breach that put the personal information of its customers’ employees at…
Paytime sends notification letters
The Paytime, Inc. breach, noted previously, has resulted in Paytime notifying the California Attorney General’s Office. Since California only requires notification if over 500 residents are affected, it may indicate that the breach was fairly large. According to their forensic investigation, hackers accessed personal information – including name, address, phone numbers, Social Security number and date…