David Ibata reports: The YMCA of Metro Atlanta has put out an alert to some members that a computer containing their financial information has been stolen, Channel 2 Action News reports. The organization would not say how many people could be at risk. One former YMCA member, Felix Ledee of Coweta County, told Channel 2 he received…
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Community agency worker is accused of selling Holocaust survivors’ ID information
Jay Weaver reports: Identity theft may have reached a new low over the weekend when an employee of a Jewish community organization was arrested on charges of selling Holocaust survivors’ identity information for a sum of $1,000. Crystal Thorne, 23, who worked as a coordinator at the Jewish Community Services of South Florida office in…
Maybe we should prohibit school districts from maintaining electronic databases
Yes, I know that idea would send us back in time, but yet another ridiculous data breach involving a public school’s system being hacked by students has me pulling my hair out and wishing for more regulation or something. WXPI in Pennsylvania reports: Investigators said the hacking began in May on two students’ home computers….
Confidential files from Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission found in public trash bin
AP reports: The state government watchdog says confidential personal information was found in documents from a job agency for Ohioans with disabilities that were discovered in an outdoor trash bin. A spokesman for Inspector General Randall Meyer said it was unclear Monday how many Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission records were involved and that the office…
AT&T Customers Targeted by Hack Attack, Company Says
A handful of AT&T customers were targeted Monday by an organized hacking attack that was ultimately unsuccessful, a company spokesman tells FoxNews.com. “We recently detected what could have been an organized attempt to obtain information on a number of customer accounts,” AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told FoxNews.com. “The people in question appear to have used…
McDonald’s hat trick of the week: three cases involving insider breaches make the media
It looks like McDonald’s made a media hat trick this week in terms of dishonest employees and card fraud or ID theft. First, employees in Illinois and Washington were caught skimming customers’ debit and credit cards, and now Dave Gibson reports on a case from Georgia: On Wednesday, Eva Ramos, 36, a former McDonald’s restaurant…