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Dozens of Atlanta police socially engineered into giving ID thieves their personal info

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dissent

At least 39 members or employees of Atlanta law enforcement fell prey to two women who posed as representatives of AFLAC and requested their personal information under the ruse of the city changing its insurance options. Read more about it on 11Alive, the Florida-Times Union, and Creative Loafing.  

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CQ Roll Call and Bloomberg Issue Joint Statement

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dissent

From their press release: The Economist Group and Bloomberg have discovered that certain former CQ employees now employed by Bloomberg were able to use the log-ins and passwords supplied to them during their employment by CQ to continue to access such information while working for Bloomberg and allowed a small number of other Bloomberg employees…

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WI: Former AmericInn employee charged with stealing customers’ info

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dissent

Vickie Mrotek reports: A 19-year-old Medford man accused of stealing credit card information is now charged with 65 felonies. Investigators say the crimes happened while Nicholas Johnson worked at the AmericInn hotel in Medford late last year. Read more on WSAW.com

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BNSF Railway employees report credit fraud

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dissent

Jenny Michael reports that approximately 100 employees of BNSF Railway  have had their “nonpublic personal information” used to fraudulently open accounts in their names. The railway’s response? “At this time, we do not believe that BNSF’s information security processes or technology systems have been compromised,” the statement said. “BNSF is working with law enforcement agencies to fully investigate…

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Wave House Athletic Club employee pleads guilty to stealing customer info

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Dissent

A follow-up to an insider ID theft case mentioned last month: Christopher Polley changed his plea to guilty and faces between 180 days and a year in jail when he is sentenced Sept. 6, according to News10.com While working at the Wave House Athletic Club from May 2010 through January of this year, the defendant…

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University of Arizona server exposes personal data on 7,700

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Dissent

Yes, right, sure we’ll let universities amass oodles of personal info on students… Carol Ann Alaimo reports: Thousands who received payments from the University of Arizona last school year are at risk of identity theft after their personal data was mistakenly put online for more than a month during an upgrade of UA’s financial systems….

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