Oops? TechMedia Network will be sending out letters on December 23 that begin: We are writing to inform you of an incident that may have involved your personal information. On November 20, 2013, Techmedia Network detected an unauthorized intrusion into its systems that may have allowed access to your name, mailing address, email address, phone…
Category: U.S.
Web host Mannix Marketing hacked; Saratoga Sweets notifies clients (update1)
Saratoga Sweets is notifying customers about a hack of their web host’s server. They first learned of the hack on November 25. In a letter dated December 13, Michael Fitzgerald, Sr. writes that an unauthorized person was able to access the server containing customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, and CCV numbers. Forensic…
TN: Former State Treasury Employee Charged With Identity Theft Trafficking
Following up on a previously noted breach, the employee in question has been charged. Note the key sentence that I’ve emphasized below in this report from NewsChannel5: A former employee of the Tennessee Department of Treasury has been charged with identity theft trafficking in connection with the alleged theft of personal information belonging to some…
CA: Orange County students allegedly hack into computers, change grades
What did that tutor teach these kids? Rudabeh Shahbazi reports: Some Corona del Mar High School students are accused of hacking into computers to change grades and access tests, and a tutor may have helped them. School administrators said they learned about the alleged cheating through a tip on campus. They say they are aware…
Sources: Target Investigating Data Breach (update 1)
Brian Krebs has the scoop on what sounds like another major data breach – again: Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources said the breach appears to have begun on or around Black Friday 2013 —…
Tampa woman found guilty in credit-card fraud ring
A Tampa woman was found guilty for her role in an identity theft ring during which conspirators ripped off credit card numbers from unsuspecting customers at International Plaza. Viviana Reyes, 40, was convicted of credit card fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and identity theft, according to the U.S. Department…