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Wachovia customer sues bank for failing to protect his account and then falsely fingering him to the feds

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Dissent

Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald has a must-read piece about what Carlos Gomez, a Wachovia Bank customer, went through after becoming a victim of ID theft by a bank employee, and how he’s suing Wachovia, which has since been taken over by Wells Fargo: Just before dawn, insistent pounding on the front door jolted…

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Second member of #Anonymous sentenced in Angel Soft DDoS prosecution

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Dissent

Paul Srubas reports: A second man implicated in an Internet attack on Angel Soft bathroom tissue’s website three years ago was sentenced recently in federal court in Green Bay. Jacob Wilkens, 24, of Postville, Iowa, must spend two years on probation and pay $110,933 in restitution, Magistrate Judge James Sickel ordered last week. Christopher Sudlik,…

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Arizona pension system admits data was taken last year by former high-ranking employee

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Dissent

Craig Harris reports: The statewide trust that manages pensions for police officers, firefighters, politicians and corrections officers notified its members and their employers this week of a potential security breach even though trust managers have known about the issue since last fall. Christa Severns, a spokeswoman for the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, said Friday…

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Breach at Texas State Technical College may have affected employees and former Waco students

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Dissent

Regina Dennis reports: Texas State Technical College is trying to track down hundreds of former students after learning that an Internet server breach last month could have included their personal identification information. TSTC information technology specialists on Jan. 30 discovered that someone attempted to illegally access a server that contained personal information for the nearly…

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FL: Three Jailed for role in tax refund fraud scheme using prisoners’ identity info

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Dissent

Jeff Goldman reports that Rodney St. Fleur’s (aka Rodney Saintfleur) co-conspirators have been sentenced for their roles in the tax refund fraud scheme: Frantz Pierre, 34, Terry Pierre, 29, and Christmanie Bissainthe, 33, were recently sentenced to prison for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund (SIRF) scheme involving approximately $2.2 million in fraudulent…

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TD Bank offers UNH students credit monitoring services after e-mail security lapse (update)

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Dissent

TD Bank is a service provider for the University of New Hampshire. On January 16, an employee e-mailed a file containing 674 students’ names and bank account numbers to the university, but failed to e-mail them in adherence with security protocols. The recipient notified the bank immediately.  The university maintains the bank account numbers of…

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