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U.S. Agent Lures Romanian Hackers in Subway Data Heist

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Dissent

Del Quentin Wilber reports: …  The Secret Service and FBI are investigating an increasing number of attacks on U.S. retailers’ data, including the massive breach of Target Corp. (TGT:US) last year that affected more than 40 million debit and credit card accounts. Investigators won’t talk about the Target probe. Instead, the Secret Service pointed to O’Neill’s investigation that…

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Court Rules SilverPop Not Liable for Damages After Data Breach

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Dissent

Back in 2010 and 2011, I posted a number of blog entries about a breach at SilverPop. SilverPop was not particularly transparent/forthcoming about the scope of the breach, but it seemed to be pretty large. Today, Ryan M. Martin of Winston & Strawn LLP writes: A Georgia court recently agreed on a summary judgment motion…

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MN: Militia commander with Fort Bragg ties admits to ID theft

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Dissent

fayobserver.com reports that Keith Michael Novak has pleaded guilty to identity theft in a scheme that involved stealing the identity information from members of his former Army unit at Fort Bragg. He reportedly planned to use their identity information to make fake IDs for members of his militia, the 44th Spatha Libertas. Novak was an…

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LaCie Acknowledges Year-Long Data Breach

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dissent

Jeff Goldman reports: LaCie USA recently began notifying an undisclosed number of customers that their personal information may have been exposed when an unauthorized person used malware to access transaction data from LaCie’s Web site. The FBI notified the company of the intrusion on March 19, 2014. “We have hired a leading forensic investigation firm, who…

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FL: Jeffrey Martin sentenced in ID theft tax return fraud scheme

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dissent

Peter Burke reports: A Broward County man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his role in a massive identity theft tax refund fraud scheme. Jeffrey Martin, 27, was sentenced to 99 months in prison and ordered to pay $197,088 in restitution after pleading guilty to one count each of wire…

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Michigan Dental Association alerts members to possible tax identity theft

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dissent

Craig Palmer reports: The Michigan Dental Association told members in a special alert April 11 that “the MDA has received several calls from member dentists who say that when they submitted their federal taxes this year they learned that their taxes had already been filed, most likely by an identity thief.” According to Karen Burgess,…

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