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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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Hackers target 55,000 VFW members (updated)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dissent

Jermont Terry reports: Local veterans said they are just learning now their identities may have be stolen from the VFW. Cyber hackers broke into the agency’s website and likely compromised military plans, not to mention the peace of mind of vets. This security breach happened back in February but it seems the thousands of vets…

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Part II: Fair Notice or No Notice? The Wyndham Worldwide Case and the Expanding Power of the FTC to Police Data Security

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dissent

As I expected, a slew of law firms posted their analyses and commentaries on Judge Salas’s ruling on Wyndham’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s complaint about its data security. I haven’t linked to most of them, but took note of this commentary by Lance Koonce and Christin McMeley of Davis Wright Tremaine as they take a less FTC-friendly view…

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