A worker at UJA-Federation in New York allegedly led a $2 million identity theft ring that targeted top donors to the charitable organization, prosecutors announced Friday. Tracy Nelson, of Brooklyn, worked at UJA-Federation for more than two years processing donations until she was fired last summer as the thefts came to light, the Daily News…
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Prosecutors: Hacker stole Seattleites’ credit card info for drug money
Levi Pullkinen reports: A Seattle grand jury has indicted a Maryland man accused of hacking into the credit card systems of several Seattle businesses and using stolen funds to fuel his heroin addiction. Currently in inpatient treatment for drug addition, 20-year-old Christopher A. Schroebel is facing federal hacking charges related to a string of high-tech…
(update) Michaels Stores Still PINned beneath Payment Card Skimming Lawsuit
Ah, I missed a ruling. Thankfully, Brendon Tavelli didn’t. He writes: In May 2011, Michaels Stores reported that “skimmers” using modified PIN pad devices in eighty Michaels stores across twenty states had gained unauthorized access to customers’ debit and credit card information. Not a pretty picture for Michaels. Lawsuits soon splattered on the specialty arts…
North Penn School District, Towamencin police probe district hacking case
The North Penn School District and the Towamencin police department are investigating a student accused of hacking into the district’s computer network. School officials discovered the situation early this week and turned the investigation over to police, and computer devices are being analyzed to ascertain what information may have been accessed, according to a district…
How do you define “finite and very small:” Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas disclose breach
Steve Daniels reports: Peoples Gas and sister utility North Shore Gas have notified an undisclosed number of customers of the possible theft and potential use of personal information about them by a contract worker. The natural gas utilities, which serve nearly 1 million customers in the city of Chicago and many northern suburbs, said in…
HI: Tax data infiltrated by state workers (updated)
Rob Shikina reports: The state Department of Taxation placed several employees on administrative leave without pay this week following the discovery of an internal security breach of the department’s tax database. The breach was found during an audit of the department’s security systems and internal controls this year, the department said Thursday. The incidents occurred…