Some follow-up on a previously reported case of some folks in Alabama who stole and used identity info as part of a tax refund fraud scheme. The conspirator sentenced today worked for the Alabama Department of Corrections.
Category: U.S.
Now-former student arrested in the University of Nebraska hack
Leslie Reed reports an arrest in a hacking incident that affected the University of Nebraska and state college system; A former computer science and math major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln now faces a federal computer hacking charge from last spring’s breach of a key computer system serving both NU and the state college system….
Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic
And yet again: A resident contacted Target 11 saying he had discovered boxes of documents from a non-profit development agency in the West End of Pittsburgh. He said the documents, including names and Social Security numbers, were sitting right out in the open next to a dumpster on a public sidewalk. “They contained people’s Social Security numbers, row…
A preview of SCDOR’s breach notification letter to those affected
South Carolina submitted a copy of the letter it will be sending out to the California Attorney General’s Office. You can read it here (pdf).
Unencrypted laptop stolen from Pepperdine University employee’s car contained personal info on 8,300
Whitney Irick reports: President Andrew K. Benton sent an email today informing the university community that a laptop computer belonging to an authorized university employee was stolen from that individual’s car. This laptop had been used extensively in work related to the IRS, “and it contained data dating back to 2008 involving as many as…
OK: Durant banks lose thousands of dollars on credit card fraud
From News12 in Oklahoma: Thursday, several banks are assuring customers their personal information is safe after more than one hundred credit and debit card numbers were stolen from five Durant banks and tens of thousands of dollars lost. Durant police have joined with the Secret Service to help investigate the crimes. So far, investigators said…