KVUE reports that after receiving complaints from guests about fraudulent charges on their credit or debit cards, hotel security at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel managed to catch an employee skimming hotel guests’ cards. The hotel released the following statement Monday afternoon: “InterContinental Stephen F. Austin holds the safety, comfort and well-being of all guests and…
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NY: Arrest Made In Smokers Choice ID Theft
A New York City man was charged with felony identity theft last week at the Columbia County Jail upon his release by the Claverack Town Court on a similar charge. State Police charged Sekhou Toure, 27, with first degree identity theft. […] With the assistance of area banks and credit unions it was determined that the…
Santa Clara University: Hacker changed grades of 60 students
Sean Webby and Lisa Fernandez report: Santa Clara University’s academic records database was recently hacked to improve the grades of more than 60 former and current undergraduate students, the university announced Monday. The university called in the FBI, which is assisting in the ongoing investigation, according to university officials. No arrests have been reported. “We…
(update) Chili’s credit card hacking scam reaches 330 victims
The Chili’s breach at a Japanese naval base has resulted in hundreds more victims than originally reported. Erik Slavin reports: A credit card hacking operation has now victimized at least 330 customers of Chili’s restaurant on Yokosuka Naval Base, Navy officials said Monday. The 330 victims have reported an estimated $190,000 in fraudulent charges to…
Brownsville Independent School District employees notified that their SSN and salary were exposed on the Internet
The following notice was posted on Brownsville (Texas) Independent School District web site: On Monday, November 7, 2011, Brownsville ISD was advised that the Social Security numbers of employees who are enrolled for disability insurance were inadvertently posted by prior department administration in April 2011 on the Employee Benefits/Risk Management (EB/RM) website; a site accessible…
When hackers turn on each other, Sunday edition
Getting kicked out of an IRC channel can be annoying. Really annoying, apparently. So much so that @theamericanlulz, who describes himself as a 16 year-old French hacker, dumped over 600 IRC nicks and corresponding IPs from anonops .net IRC on Pastebin with promises to get more people arrested. In a preamble to the data, he explains…