A former employee of the Internal Revenue Service is among three defendants who have been indicted for stealing taxpayers’ identity information in order to receive fraudulent tax refunds. Taylor S. Knight, 32, and Michael J. Moore, 27, both of Kansas City, Mo., and Michael Stalcup, 42, of Farley, Mo., were charged in a six-count indictment…
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Another notice of claim filed against MCCCD following massive breach
Another lawsuit has been filed against Maricopa County Community College District. From the press release by the law firm: Gallagher & Kennedy has served the Maricopa County Community College District with another notice of class-action claims on behalf of approximately 2.5 million students, parents and others whose private, confidential information was compromised in a massive data…
Wolf & Company reports drive with personal information lost in the mail
Oh dear. Not realizing that a USB drive contained any personal information, an employee of Boston-based Wolf & Company mailed the drive back to their bookkeeper on March 11. Unfortunately, the envelope was damaged in mailing and the drive, which contained names and Social Security numbers in a QuikBook file, never arrived. No foul play is…
MN: Fired Gov’t Worker Charged With Accessing Info On 800 Day Care Providers After She Was Fired
WCCO reports: A human services worker, fired for identity theft, has been charged with burglary and theft after returning to her former workplace, stealing office equipment and accessing the private information of almost 800 daycare providers, according to the Anoka County Attorney’s office. On the evening of July 9, 2013, 53-year-old Jan Michelle Gray gained…
North Dakota University System official: hackers did not gain access to files with personal information
Hannah Johnson reports: No files or personal information was compromised in the Feb. 7 North Dakota University System server breach, officials said at the State Board of Higher Education meeting Thursday. Lisa Feldner, the vice chancellor for IT and institutional research, said the breach did not gain access to ConnectND, which stores student records, or…
Possible data breach affects roughly 15K U. Wisconsin -Parkside students
Carey Docter reports: The University of Wisconsin-Parkside notified approximately 15,000 students on Thursday, March 27th of the potential exposure of personal data. Notifications were sent to the most recent email and U.S. mail addresses on file. The data that is potentially at risk includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and Social Security numbers of students who…